arodplatypus 's review for:

Batman and Psychology: A Dark and Stormy Knight by Travis Langley

4.0

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I liked this and found it interesting. Its faults are as follows: 1) The author is a bit of a fanboy so outright rejects some theories and readings without examination because they don't jive with his own understanding of and desires around Batman. 2) Because the author is an academic psych guy, he lacks some important background necessary for literary critique. For example, if you're going to read Batman characters as if they're real people, you can't dismiss a theory because "the writers never intended that." Who cares what they intended? It only matters what's on the page. 3) While the author outright dismisses accusations that Batman had a pedophilic relationship with Robin, he admits that people who say Robin suffered "child endangerment" at the hands of Batman have a point, but he never examines that point probably because *see fault #1*.