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Puritan values are leaving us lifeless

Chris Dunlavy

A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL
0047ROWING up, I loved Tim Burton’s Batman films. Even today, a quarter of a century after their release, both hold up. Michael Keaton’s awkwardness, Jack Nicholson munching the scenery, Christopher Walken and Danny Devito gleefully cranking camp villainy up to 11.
Sinister as all Burton films are – at least the good ones – the director never lost sight of Batman’s inherent silliness and never took the concept too seriously. How could you with an antagonist wearing tights and a daft helmet?
Well, Christopher Nolan certa...

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