Batman: The Animated Series critiqued the character's brutal side decades before the release of The Batman film. The caped crusader has experienced countless revisions and adaptations of his mythology throughout the years, especially in his films and television series. The camp of Adam West's televised Batman eventually led to the dark insanity of Michael Keaton's version. Then the franchise went full circle with Joel Schumacher's farcical iteration, before Christopher Nolan returned the character to his shadowy roots. Batman's film and television stories and have always found ways to narratively justify his treatment of criminals. Bruce Wayne's city was a vicious den of crime that stole his parents' lives, and it needed an uncompromising hero. But the DC animated universe wasn't afraid of portraying the controversial aspects of the Dark Knight's crusade.
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