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Writing Excuses Season 2 Episode 28: Applying Critical Reading: “Watchmen”

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The Silk Spectre II: A Companion

Alan Moore said in an interview once that he was looking at trying to approach the same projects from multiple different perspectives. What it meant was there didn't feel like a single straw man in the entire story. Instead of having one person set up to be the one who is always an idiot, doesn't get it, or voices the opinion of the author and is just knocked down for doing it. And we found noble traits in all the characters. The part that I think was strongest for me was when we started finding noble traits in the comedian.

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