Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog is a “musical tragicomedy” (Wikipedia) directed by Joss Whedon in 2008 during the Writers Guild of America strike. It was originally released as a web series with three 14 minute episodes. The film centers on Dr. Horrible, a super villain with “a PhD in horribleness” (Whedon) who desires to get into the exclusive Evil League of Evil commanded by Bad Horse and alleviate the “misery of the human condition” (Wikipedia). At the same time he is striving to win the affections
from five contemporary critical perspectives. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's. Webster, J. (1612). Retrieved from http://www.classic-literature.co.uk/british-authors/16th-century/john-webster/the-white-devil/ Whedon, J. (Writer) (2008). Dr. horrible's sing-along blog[DVD].
Villains, super or otherwise, fictional or real are surprisingly popular for being such bad people. In a world where you have serial killers and rapists on death row getting fan mail and getting married, it become clear that there is something intriguing about villainy. There are many possible explanations for why fictional villains are cool, but historical super villains like Hitler are found all over the media. Hitler is not loved, but definitely is popular. If villains are defined by being evil