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The Art of Rooting for the Villain: Why We Crave Scheming Protagonists on Screen

The Seduction of the Mastermind There is a particular pleasure in watching a perfect scheme assemble itself on screen. A forged document lands in the right hands, a secret alliance clicks into place, and a supposedly harmless conversation reveals three layers of manipulation. The audience understands the moral ugliness of the operation, yet still leans […]

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