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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 28 Jul 2014
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      5. Casting in movie is unfortunate because movie about ancient world is opportunity to show that race isn't fixed but changes over time.

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    2. Eric Kleefeld‏ @EricKleefeld 28 Jul 2014
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      1. @HeerJeet This reminds me of the many interesting levels in Cesar Romero’s performance as the Joker.

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    3. Eric Kleefeld‏ @EricKleefeld 28 Jul 2014
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      2. They cast a dark-skinned Latino actor as the Joker, but he was covered in so much white makeup as to be unrecognizable.

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    4. Eric Kleefeld‏ @EricKleefeld 28 Jul 2014
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      3. In addition to disguising his ethnicity, Romero as the Joker acted *very* differently from his usual roles as macho, Latin lover types.

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    5. Eric Kleefeld‏ @EricKleefeld 28 Jul 2014
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      4. If Cesar Romero’s name hadn’t been there in the credits, viewers might not even necessarily have realized it was him as the campy clown.

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    6. Eric Kleefeld‏ @EricKleefeld 28 Jul 2014
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      5. This is in turn goes to the real in-joke: Cesar Romero was gay — out to people who knew him, but certainly not to the public back then.

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    7. Eric Kleefeld‏ @EricKleefeld 28 Jul 2014
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      6. Notably, his usual suave and macho screen persona was actually very close to who he was in real life — just with one key difference.

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    8. Eric Kleefeld‏ @EricKleefeld 28 Jul 2014
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      7. Cesar Romero covered up his brown skin to play *literally* white role; a traditionally masculine gay man did send-up of campy stereotype.

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    9. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 28 Jul 2014
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      @EricKleefeld Really insightful comments. Curiously Frank Miller is dismissive of Batman show but clearly learned from Romero's Joker.

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    10. Eric Kleefeld‏ @EricKleefeld 28 Jul 2014
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      @HeerJeet I've wondered if Harley Quinn was created for 90's TAS, in order to circumvent perception of the Joker as gay.

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 28 Jul 2014
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      @EricKleefeld I cover some of the gay Batman history here: http://sanseverything.wordpress.com/2008/07/15/batman-and-robin-just-friends/ …

      8:40 PM - 28 Jul 2014
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        2. Eric Kleefeld‏ @EricKleefeld 28 Jul 2014
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          @HeerJeet The Batman/Robin relationship is supposed to be an idealized father/son — plus Alfred as the helpful grandpa.

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        3. Eric Kleefeld‏ @EricKleefeld 28 Jul 2014
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          @HeerJeet A big irony is that Wertham started noticing comics — and hating Batman and Robin — years after William Marston died.

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