antihero
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Bardem’s villain is built more like an aughts-edition antihero.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
Wolverine’s clash with Magneto, the perennial antihero, left him severely injured, physically and mentally.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Turning Robin Hood into a conflicted antihero suggests society has been infiltrated by cynicism about anyone being able to save us.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
Rice’s readers might not have been quite so queasy about this; her antihero has a way of making many horrors palatable.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026
“The character is the ultimate antihero and she’s a mother” — something that is rarely allowed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026
The network had long built its identity on adult prestige — crime sagas, antiheroes and sprawling family epics — not stories centered on high schoolers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
Now private-equity executives fill the roles of villains or antiheroes in shows like Billions and Succession, the latter providing this bit: “You know how, like, everyone hates you?”
From Barron's ● Dec. 5, 2025
The movie pays homage to the French filmmaker Jean-Pierre Melville, who specialized in stark crime stories, suffused with ennui and populated by emotionally distant antiheroes.
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2023
Nuanced antiheroes were not this show’s jam, and never did dark doings define the day.
From Seattle Times ● May 31, 2023
The Bard's villain of villains echoes throughout entertainment, manifesting in the likes of Tony Soprano and Walter White – antiheroes positioned in their stories as heroes.
From Salon ● May 18, 2023
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Power Prefix: Anti
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Prefixes: anti-
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