{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5e304dd0a663b07715a5dc24/5e304e19605f1d8235019dc5?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Watchmen","description":"<p><img width=\"825\" height=\"464\" class=\"b-lazy\" data-src=\"/sites/libertarianism.org/files/hbo_watchmen.jpg\" src=\"data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" /></p><address><em>                                                                                                         Image Credit:</em> <a href=\"https://www.denofgeek.com/us/tv/watchmen/283604/how-hbos-watchmen-was-brought-to-life\">Den of Geek</a></address><h2>Summary: </h2><p>Alan Moore’s 1986 <em>Watchmen</em> was a condemnation of all forms of authority, mocking the concept of a benevolent superhuman, and portraying masked vigilantes as emotionally unstable. And Damien Lindelof took this story for HBO and refreshed it for a 2019 audience where the origin story is the Tulsa, Oklahoma Race Riots of 1921.</p><p>How is HBO’s Watchmen not a typical superhero story? Why is the classic superhero archetype an orphan?</p>","author_name":"Libertarianism.org"}