Bruce Wayne might be a lot of things - a billionaire, a philanthropist, or even a father - but he's not a facade for something sinister. There's a clear delineation between his public persona, which primarily exists to deflect suspicion from his nightly activities and rally Gotham together, and his private one, which - although reticent - is every bit as human as the rest of us.
Throughout his history, Batman has been depicted as both a force of nature (see, Miller's Dark Knight Returns), and as a decidedly more human vigilante. Whether you see him as something supernatural, or rather natural, is irrelevant next to the character's psychology however. Bruce Wayne and Batman cohabit to be the force they are, and while attempts have been made to reappraise that dichotomy in order to marginalise Bruce's role in the character's development, it's clear as day to see that he's just as important - if not more so - than the Bat itself.
Bruce Wayne might be a man of two halves, but none is more dominant than the other. He's a civilian by day, and a crimefighter by night. You can't separate either of them, without taking something away.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
