Batman re-turns

Watching ‘Batman Returns’ set in stylistic big city Gotham of the 1930’s in the cold and chilling fear of the Great Depression
The director Tim Burton captures that atmosphere well without romanticizing it
Imagine a third of the work force out of work with no organized social services
Imagine what that statistic means
People twisted by fear into grotesque caricatures of themselves with faces defined by their desperation and despair
Hard times making people hard
Open class struggle in the streets
Revolution or War
Batman a fascistic hero in the sense of the only hope coming from a millionaire superhero

John Kerry in a mask