Word: villainization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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What is the larger significance? Allan Carlson, president of the Rockford Institute, a conservative think tank in Illinois, offers this analysis: "We are at the tail end of the deconstruction of patriarchy, which has been going on since the turn of the century. The last acceptable villain is the prototypical white male...
...film's first half we watch Jack volley between his inexplicably loyal wife Natalie (Annabella Sciorra) and his submissive moll Sheri (Juliette Lewis), all the while wrestling with his conscience. Because the formula would not be complete without a furtive villain force, Medak is compelled to introduce Russian mobster Mona Demarkov (Lena Olin) into Jack's dysfunctional life. Fueled by lust and fear, Jack is either chasing or being chased by this femme fatale from hell...
...Guardians of the Universe; as a member of the Green Lantern corps; in Coast City. Jordan disobeyed the Guardians and used his power ring for personal business, attempting to resurrect his hometown after its destruction by an alien. Ignoring demands to give back the ring, Jordan turned villain last month and was dismissed. A new Green Lantern, Kyle Rayner, will be appointed in coming weeks...
RECOVERING. Bruce ("Batman") Wayne, 54, millionaire and caped crusader; from injuries received opposing evil; in Gotham City. A muscle-bound villain named Bane broke Wayne's back in a desperate fight last year, resulting in severe spinal trauma that put Wayne in a wheelchair. An alternate Batman has been filling in during Wayne's convalescence. Now walking with the assistance of two canes, Wayne is expected to suffer no permanent disability...
...feast on a face that reveals everything with the arch of an eyebrow or the sag of a cheek muscle. His calculated temper tantrums are as believable as the silky menace in his most understated lines ("I couldn't possibly comment"). This is TV's scariest, most alluring villain since J.R. Ewing...