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“Who watches the ‘Watchmen’?” Answer: I do! …..a few times a year.

January 7, 2026 / Leave a Comment / Essays by Dakk, Film Theory / Alan Moore, Character studies, Dakk Janiels, Deconstructing the super hero mythos, dystopia, Essays w/Dakk, Essays with Dakk, Heroes, imperfect perfection, Masks, Minute Men, pathos, Realism, social commentary, superheroes, the american dream, the superhero mythos, The Watchmen, utopia, Vigilante Justice, Watchmen

FORWARD (2026): Once in a blue moon I am stricken with the literary bug and do a deep dive into a failed I absolutely LOVE. It all started in college when my sadistic English teacher (who turned out wasn’t sadistic but actually a GREAT TEACHER) had us write a 10-page FINAL on any subject/poem of […]

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