Bruce Wayne (Batman)
Bruce Wayne is the greatest boy loving superhero of all time. His loves for three different boy heroes known as Robin (Dick Greyson, Jason Tood, and Tim Drake) are documented in mainstraim comic book publications.
Bruce was a also a loved boy himself. After his parent's died, Alfred cared for him, and deeply loved him. He continues to serve Bruce into his adulthood with a loyalty and dedication that only a man-boy love relationship can truly explain.
Plot
Batman is a fictional superhero whose secret identity is Bruce Wayne, an American billionaire, playboy, philanthropist, and owner of Wayne Enterprises. After witnessing the murder of his parents as a young boy, he swore revenge on criminals, an oath tempered by a sense of justice. Wayne trains himself both physically and intellectually and crafts a bat-inspired persona to fight crime. Batman operates in the fictional Gotham City, with assistance from various supporting characters, including his butler and longtime friend Alfred, police commissioner Jim Gordon, and vigilante allies such as Robin. Unlike most superheroes, Batman does not possess any superpowers; rather, he relies on his genius intellect, physical prowess, martial arts abilities, detective skills, science and technology, vast wealth, provocation of fear and intimidation, and an indomitable will. [1]
Batman and pederasty
In mid-century, Batman, a popular comic strip hero, was denounced by psychologist Fredric Wertham for his association with his assistant, Robin, an adolescent boy. Wertham claimed that the pair led young people to normalize homosexual relationships. [2] [3] The studios and the public continued to toy with the sexual ambivalence between the two until the late sixties. [3] In 1969 Robin was removed from the series and later allusions to Batman's pederasty (fiercely repudiated by Batman's character) became the domain of unsympathetic antagonists, such as the Joker in the 1989 graphic novel Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth.
Gotham (TV series)
Gotham is an American crime television series developed by Bruno Heller, based on characters published by DC Comics and appearing in the Batman franchise, primarily those of James Gordon and Bruce Wayne played by David Mazouz – In March 2014, Mazouz was cast as Bruce Wayne.[4] When discussing his character, Mazouz stated that "you never got to explore what Bruce Wayne was going through or his grieving process or what his anger makes him do. At this point in his life, he’s angry, he's scared, he’s compulsive, and he's lonely. He's looking for any meaning to his parents’ death. You'll see the things that he'll do to himself and to other people while he's grieving, and you'll see how he becomes a regular kid again."[5] [6]
References
- ↑ Batman (Wikipedia)
- ↑ Seduction of the Innocent, Fredric Wertham,1954
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Homosexuality in the Batman franchise from Wikipedia
- ↑ Fox's Batman Prequel 'Gotham' Casts Its Young Bruce Wayne, Catwoman. The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media (March 4, 2014). Retrieved on March 4, 2014.
- ↑ Radish, Christina (November 6, 2014). David Mazouz Talks Playing Bruce Wayne On Gotham. Collider. Retrieved on November 7, 2014.
- ↑ Gotham (TV series) (Wikipedia)
