In theory, the additional Batgirl material was supposed to provide a counterweight to the casual misogyny in The Killing Joke. But as The Killing Joke demonstrates, retelling mediocre, sexist stories badly doesn’t always work out so well either. But a big part of the problem is, simply, that this is a Killing Joke adaptation. I’m not much of a fan of the original 1988 Alan Moore/Brian Bolland graphic novel The Killing Joke. Related: Batman's Killing Joke, and its 'edgy' rape storyline, is not a comeback I want to seeIt wasn’t supposed to be this way.

Source: The Guardian July 26, 2016 16:02 UTC