6 Times Gotham Improved Batman's Mythology (And 4 Times It Failed)
Improved Batman's Mythology...
6. Made C-Listers Matter
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While the early buzz around Gotham made it clear that we’d
be seeing the descent into madness of big-name villains like The Penguin and
The Riddler, the show also managed to handle some of DC Comics’ supposed C-list
rogues in an impressive way.
A prime example of this is how Gotham served Victor Zsasz.
Even on his good days, Zsasz is never anything more than a
supporting C-list rogue of the Dark Knight’s. His story of carving a scar into
his own body each time he kills somebody is a chilling one, yet Victor is
always a throwaway bad guy who Batman disposes of with ease.
In Gotham, Anthony Carrigan’s take on Victor Zsasz saw the
character positioned as a truly vicious, twisted, and clinical threat who was
so good at being bad that he was the go-to hired hand of so many other
nefarious sorts across all five seasons of the series.
Other similarly 'lesser thought of' villains who were fleshed
out brilliantly in Gotham were no-good sorts such as Carmine Falcone, Sal
Maroni, The Mad Hatter, and the show’s unique takes on Solomon Grundy and
Firefly.
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