“As a Symbol I Can be Incorruptible”: How Christopher Nolan De-Queered the Batman of Joel Schumacher

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This article argues that part of the reason for the success of Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight film trilogy is due in part to the establishment of Batman as a hyper masculine, clearly heterosexual force. Also, this article ascribes part of the failure for the Joel Schumacher Batman films to that director's insistence on a queered Batman universe, one that played off of an ambiguous sexuality that audiences ultimately rejected.

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