Most liberal film critics and journalists have taken a unique approach to the conservative themes coursing through “The Dark Knight Rises.”
They’ve covered their ears and recited a nonsensical phrase over and again to drown out the facts.
(Warning: Mild Spoilers Ahead)
The latest scribe to ignore the obvious is Forbes.com writer Erik Kain. He contends “Rises” doesn’t swat the Occupy Wall Street movement at all. Could have fooled me – and everyone else not blinded by liberal ideology:
All three of Nolan’s villains – in all three of his Dark Knight films – may as well be natural disasters: Ra’s al Ghul is a plague; The Joker is a hurricane; and Bane is an earthquake.
Gotham, thanks to its corruption and its economic woes, doesn’t have institutions capable of managing these three massive disasters. There is neither the bulwark of civil society and community or a functioning government to withstand these powerful, destructive forces.
Actually, Gotham City is thriving as the third film in the trilogy opens. Harvey Dent’s legal legacy is so profound there’s no longer a need for Batman. He’s retired, bum knees and all, while crime continues to decline. So clearly the city’s punitive system isn’t corrupt, and we certainly don’t see mass economic woes.
That comes later, when Occupy surrogate Bane takes over Gotham.