Back in the day Adam West played Batman on TV. At some point he transformed his trademark role from being known as the caped crusader to being known as the Mayor of Quahog on Family Guy. I assume most young people know him better for the latter role than the former. He's taken on the persona of an incredibly self-referential comedy figure on the show who has taken on a life of his own. So how did he go from this to this:
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You don't find wholesale changes in a person's "high water mark" life achievement all that often. Especially not in relatively different genres like crime-fighting superhero character and self-effacing animated comedy figure. Any other examples you can think of?
ReplyDeleteDoes John Travolta from Grease to John Travolta from Pulp Fiction count? Where does his hair from Swordfish factor into that?