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00:00Batman Forever was released in 1995
00:02with an entirely new cast and a new director,
00:04Joel Schumacher.
00:05It came out in an America six years removed
00:07from the Cold War and four years
00:08from a massive victory in the Persian Gulf
00:10on a pretty big economic upswing.
00:11The nation was the most confident it had been in decades
00:13and as such, audiences were less interested
00:15in the gothic fairytale escapism of the previous two films
00:18and were much more into revisiting
00:19the campy self-indulgence of the 60s TV show,
00:21only this time starring a profusely nippled Batman
00:23with a borderline weaponized codpiece.
00:25Batman Forever is a product of an America running free
00:27after a decade of fear and financial strife.
00:29While it certainly is escapism,
00:31because superhero movies have difficulty avoiding
00:33that label, the film was produced at a time
00:35when the average audience didn't really have much
00:36to escape from.
00:37The mid-90s saw no great enemy and no great crisis.
00:40Batman Forever is escapism for its own sake,
00:42like when you go to a friend's house and they order pizza
00:44and you just jackhammer like five slices
00:46even though you ate before you came.