| «As luck would have it, one of America’s two most powerful villains of the next
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| decade— has turned loose to strike terror into the hearts of men…»
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| «…To shock women into uncontrolled hysteria…»
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| «Don't touch that!»
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| «The villains themselves were ultimately responsible for much of the popularity,
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| audiences loved to hate
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| The importance of the villain was not overlooked, of course one of the worst of
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| all was Madvillain
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| They had no code of ethics…»
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| «What's the matter… I was only tryin' to have fun—»
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| «Get to work on these boys, anybody bring a gun for me?»
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| «Yeah, here’s one»
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| «Not one, but two!" — typical villain releases included…
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| —"I know they wanna kiss me, but don’t let anyone see me like that,
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| please doctor help me!" —
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| «…and a sequel…»
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| «Master of all—»
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| «Both the villains were to meet in—»
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| «Your mother was the lightning!»
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| «Two historical figures, outlaws and desperadoes if that, the villainous pair
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| of really nice boys who just happened to be on the wrong side of the law,
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| three hundred and sixty degrees. |
| In similar sequences, could not be defeated.
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| Villains who possess supernatural abilities— villains who were the
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| personification of carnage»
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| «Madvillain, more accurately, the dark side of our beings»
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| «Perhaps it is due to this seminal connection that audiences can relate their
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| experience in life with the villains and their dastardly doings» |