{"id":1358631,"date":"2022-03-04T07:48:08","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T12:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1358631"},"modified":"2022-03-04T12:53:18","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T17:53:18","slug":"no-masked-billionaire-to-protect-us-here-the-batman-reviewer-says-new-york-is-basically-gotham-city-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-masked-billionaire-to-protect-us-here-the-batman-reviewer-says-new-york-is-basically-gotham-city-now\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018No Masked Billionaire To Protect Us Here\u2019: \u2018The Batman\u2019 Reviewer Says New York Is Basically Gotham City Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fno-masked-billionaire-to-protect-us-here-the-batman-reviewer-says-new-york-is-basically-gotham-city-now%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1358631&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/Batman-scaled.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Batman fans are quite aware that Gotham City was modeled after New York City in the earliest versions of the comics. For the last few decades, however, no one saw the resemblance when it came to crime. Now the Democrat-run city is looking more and more like the crime-ridden hellscape the Caped Crusader is tasked with saving.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A review of the new film \u201cThe Batman\u201d points out this eerie similarity between the two cities. \u201cThe Batman\u201d stars Robert Pattinson as the titular star and so far has been receiving mixed reviews. For New Yorkers, part of the problem could be drawing attention to the reality of their living situation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>New York Post reviewer Johnny Oleksinski <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/03\/03\/the-batman-made-me-feel-miserable-about-living-in-nyc\/\"><span>writes<\/span><\/a><span> about how the violence hit a little bit too close to home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIn an early scene of the bleak movie, a gang with painted faces surrounds an Asian man on a subway platform and is about to beat him up for no apparent reason. Then Batman intervenes. Such a moment would\u2019ve been easier to stomach back in 2012, when we were all trying to weasel into the Soho House carrying Magnolia cupcakes in our Strand tote bags. When on-screen urban violence felt a world away. When New York was the safest big city in America,\u201d he says.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cNo longer. These days, horrid acts like that appear on the evening news almost every night. Subway assaults and violent crimes against Asian New Yorkers have become an intolerably regular part of city life during the past year. It\u2019s distressing and terrifying.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The reviewer goes on to describe how people in New York walk down the street at night with a heightened sense of awareness, just waiting for someone to attack them. That could have something to do with a 38% increase in overall crime, according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www1.nyc.gov\/site\/nypd\/news\/p00036\/nypd-citywide-crime-statistics-january-2022\"><span>NYPD<\/span><\/a><span>, in January 2022 compared to the same month in 2021. Or with how criminals including feces-smearing subway attackers are being released with low or no bail daily, according to The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10571207\/Man-smeared-feces-womans-face-subway-NYCs-streets.html\">Daily Mail<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c\u2018The Batman\u2019 could\u2019ve been narrated by [real life] news anchor Pat Kiernan,\u201d Oleksinski continues. \u201cCharacters nervously glance over their shoulder at night on NYC-like streets in fear of being attacked, like everybody here does now.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He goes on to venture that \u201cSpider-Man: No Way Home\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/spider-man-no-way-home-reaches-top-10-all-time-highest-earning-films\">shattered box office expectations<\/a> because it made people feel good and helped them forget the dystopian reality they were living in. He described that superhero movie as being \u201cas hard-hitting as a Nerf gun.\u201d Meanwhile, \u201cThe Batman\u201d tells a bleak tale of reality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWalking around the city at night is unnerving lately. When I arrive at an 8 p.m. movie and take my seat, I want what\u2019s on screen to help me forget about what\u2019s right outside the door, because there\u2019s no masked billionaire to protect us here,\u201d the reviewer concludes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe Batman\u201d is currently playing in theaters nationwide.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire\u2019s first original film, Shut In, has made its cinematic debut, being met with rave reviews. The Daily Wire is building an alternative to the leftist entertainment industry, one gripping movie at a time. Join us in this mission and stream Shut In today by becoming a Daily Wire<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"> <i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Batman fans are quite aware that Gotham City was modeled after New York City in the earliest versions of the comics. 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