How Classic Hollywood Shaped Clayface | Batman The Animated Series

I highlight the ways that the Clayface in Batman the Animated Series differs from his comic book counterparts, and why he needed to be different.

During the course of my research I identified two significant influences on the character's backstory, Lon Chaney and Montgomery Clift.

Featuring interviews with Marty Pasko, Kevin Altieri and Dan Riba, taken from the superlative Batman the Animated Podcast. If you've never listened to this show before, do me a favour, check them out wherever you get your podcasts from.

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
2:07 Clayfaces' Comic Book History
2:27 Clayface 1 - Basil Karlo
3:25 Clayface 2 - Matt Hagen
4:21 Clayface 3 - Preston Payne
5:45 Clayface 4 - Sondra Fuller
6:13 BTAS' Clayface
6:57 Lon Chaney
8:17 Montgomery Clift
9:22 Queer Tragedy
11:32 Was This Intentional?


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