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Leavitt, a 32-year-old mother of three and a perennial villain on “Mormon Wives,” is a technically skilled dancer who seems primed to win it all.

Even by the standards of Wall Street villains whose character flaws wind up being exaggerated to fit the crime, Cassano, in the retelling, became a cartoon monster.

According to the author John Gibbons, powerful agribusiness lobbyists and government policy are the chief climate villains.

It’s the latest twist in a Hollywood trend of giving villains sympathetic treatment.

Still, I’m going to stick with Paulson’s obvious glee in playing a villain.