Out of all the villains in all of the stories ever, my favourite is Harvey ‘Two-Face’ Dent, former District Attorney of Gotham City.
I’m not sure what it is. The fact he was two minds about everything and tortured victims by letting his coin decide their fate made him unpredictable and cool. I had a definite interest in his menacing half, twisted into a constant snarl.
Joel Schumacher entertained me as a kid with his rendition of Two-Face played by Tommy Lee Jones, which played up his dual personality character trait.
But Christopher Nolan blew it out of the water for me. The story arc of Harvey Dent’s other half being burnt away and how that turned out was candy for my eyes. After seeing that, Tommy Lee prancing around in a half black, half hot pink leopard print tux is just… camp.
So this is a tribute to that character, his unfortunate but incredibly awesome facial affliction and his deep, disturbing psychological damage that ultimately is the make up of his charisma.
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