Mayor...literally stabbed in the back.

[Grissom]

Just finished watching Batman Returns and only just noticed that the mayor had a knife in his back, as his costume at the masquerade ball.

This was what figuratively happened to him by Shreck and others. Love the subtlety in Burton's Batfilms and the sly nuances.

[thecolorsblend]

He was duded up like Julius Caesar. Nice touch, eh?

[The Laughing Fish]

Love the subtlety in Burton's Batfilms and the sly nuances.

Tell me about it.

What I find a lot more subtle is Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle, the only two people with real costumed alter egos, attend a costume party without wearing masks. Maybe the message is these socialites who attend the party wearing these masks are fake?

[The Dark Knight]

Batman and Catwoman are their real identities, and their public personas are the mask.

[The Laughing Fish]

Batman and Catwoman are their real identities, and their public personas are the mask.

Which makes their attendence at that party even more ironic.