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Originally Posted by Jeebus
Batman can rarely be accused of being camp slapstick in the comics, maybe for a brief period in the sixties when Adam West played him but that's all. There's not a great deal of humour in someone watching their parents gunned down in front of them.
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I agree. The only reason Batman became 'Camp' was to appease certain pressure groups in 60's America, who had (ahem) 'Proved' that comics were detrimental to the nations youth. The comics followed the TV show to a certain extent, in an effort to chase readers. But Batman was never about campness, it was always a dry, black humour that he had, if there was any humour.
That's what I think makes Batman Begins so good. It could easily be the Batman created in 1939 that we see on screen (aside form all the technology of course).
E.