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Old 04-22-2010, 12:51 PM   #5
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Well, I would agree with all of Alex's comments - except I see this as a comedy and NOT as a superhero movie. So when they posit real people being superheros - I don't take that literally, but as a story point to run a comedy riff from.

The answer, I think even given by his nerd friends, was that Batman had no superpowers. Then lo and behold, Big Daddy is practically Batman, proving that counterpoint. And demolishing the original point is when Kick-Ass himself is only able to continue as Kick-Ass precisely because he obtains a sort of super-power, but resulting from a car crash instead of a radioactive accident.

I saw this as a very knowing joke, and not in any way inconsistent with the set-up. It was the comedic pay-off of that set-up.

In a drama, that would be called a contradiction. In a comedy, it's called a joke.


(More later, I hope - really, insanely busy today)
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