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RABBIL SIKDAR looks below the surface of superhero films and doesn’t like what he sees
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PETER MASON is exhilarated by an exciting, well-considered and historically minded tribute to the great Trinidadian instrument
Reducing historical lives to ‘male’ and ‘female’ roles, we lose the nuance of those lives and a clearer understanding of past societies, suggests CLAIRE ISABELLA GILMOUR
CHRIS SEARLE relishes the genius of pianist Alexander Hawkins, his many ensembles, and his new album
TODAY, it seems, superheroes are ubiquitous.
Hardly a month passes in the cinema and on TV without the premiere of another new adventure derived from the pages of the comic books.
What’s striking about these stories isn’t the unbelievable powers of the superheroes, their amazing hair that somehow survives the worst of alien invasions or the jaw-dropping fight scenes, with Daredevil’s up there with the best. It’s the way in which the power of ordinary people is stripped away.
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