Talk:The Man Who Laughs

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The IMDB link does not work. Not sure why. -Fuzzy 03:46, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Thank you for fixing it Mariocki. -Fuzzy 06:06, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

1 Bias?
2 Film Date
3 Inspiration for the Joker, side comment
4 Eliminated enormous bias

[edit] Bias?

Should the synopsis be this biased? It is not the place of a synopsis to inform the readers that the exposition is "clumsy", etc.

No, it should not - if you ever see anything that violates WP:NPOV either delete it or rephrase it to make it nonbiased. -- Gizzakk 06:34, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Film Date

I thought the film version was made in 1928 not 1927 as the article says. Does anyone else know? 71.76.136.149 04:06, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Inspiration for the Joker, side comment

I have something of a problem with comparing the Joker to Hannibal Lecter, but am hesitant to simply delete the comment out of hand. Other than the level of amoral genius both characters have, I don't really see any resemblance. If there's any agreement with my reservation, then I'll happily put my name on the edit.

Corgi 06:28, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Eliminated enormous bias

This article has to be one of the most biased on Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not the place for a book review, and some of the "facts" listed in the summary were simply wrong. This part was particularly amusing:

"Although there are passages of great power in The Man Who Laughs, there are also long passages of excess verbiage and barely relevant asides, with poorly-realised subsidiary characters who ultimately have no relevance to the plot. Among the novel's major weaknesses is the very poor definition of the main female character, Dea. Whatever Hugo's intentions may have been, Dea is a collection of frailties rather than a person. In the firm tradition of Little Nell (from Charles Dickens's The Old Curiosity Shop), Little Eva (from Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin) and Beth March (from Louisa May Alcott's Little Women), Dea is one of those waif-like Victorian ingenues who seem to exist for the sole purpose of having a climactic death scene."

It is also wrong. I did an extensive clean-up on this article. LaszloWalrus 09:50, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

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