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A NEW VILLAIN emerges in American culture every decade or so. During and after World War II, movie and literary villains were the Japanese and Nazis. During the 1950s, the villains were Communists and monsters from outer space like The Thing and The Fly. The 1960s were rife with villains, including corporations, the military industrial complex, southern racists, the Vietnam War, and Darth Vader…