The Age Of The Anti-Hero

Rules And Norms Are For Suckers and Losers; Just Win

In the Summer of 2012, I went with a friend to see The Dark Knight Rises. As we walked out of the theater, I was stopped in my tracks by something my friend said to me.

“I hate to say it, but I’m with Bane,” he told me.

“But Bane’s the villain?” I thought.

When I pressed him further as to why he felt that way, he had trouble explaining it, but his argume…