Be More Batman

Batman inspires my youth work. I don’t don a black cowl, lower my speaking octave and walk the streets clad in leather at night, but I have learned a lot from Bruce Wayne’s alter-ego. There’s a scene towards the end of The Dark Knight where Batman and Lt. James Gordon are talking. Having survived a battle with The Joker, Batman faces a bigger struggle: rebuilding the city, becoming the anti-hero, and taking the
blame for Two Face’s downfall. The two talk about the kind of hero Gotham City needs and about the kind of hero the city wants or deserves. - at no point during Christopher Nolan’s trilogy is the caped crusader the hero that the city wants; at some points he’s the hero they deserve, but right at the end - in the crucial moment - some of the city finally see that he’s the hero they need. And that’s the magic of Batman, that’s what makes him so compelling as a character: he is whatever Gotham needs him to be.