Identity and Obsession with Jasun Horsley
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The Importance of Illusions in Superheroes
Robert Downey Jr is an example I use in the book uh taught at the beginning and the end but he's an interesting case study of course because his trajectory is so extreme. The kind of qualities that requires are closer to supervillain if you use to use the Hollywood comic book context right as sort of vanity and self-aggrandizement and social influence or things like this they're much closer to supervillsains kind of characteristics. They try to counteract that by trying to become socially responsible individuals who are using their wealth and their influence to do goods, says author.
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