![]() Like “The Boys”-a live-action melodrama on Amazon, and the only other series I’ve found that’s capable of overcoming my chronic superhero fatigue-“Harley Quinn” is a wry show-biz satire with a distinctly anti-corporate streak. Tired of being seen as a mere sidekick-a cutesy accessory to some guy-Harley sets out to earn her own fame as one of Gotham’s premier scoundrels. ![]() That’s why, when the Joker (voiced by Alan Tudyk) is dumped by his girlfriend, Harley Quinn (Kaley Cuoco), he’s quick to spread the narrative that she’s a “crazy bitch,” and that he broke up with her. Supervillainy is a kind of stardom, after all you have to be camera-ready, create a memorable spectacle, and know your competition. The city is up for grabs, and every baddie is eager to make his name. For most of the show’s run, Gotham’s best-known millionaire orphan has been in a coma, in convalescence, in a swoon over an ambivalent Catwoman, or in prison (for tax evasion, because Batman is nothing if not a problematic fave). Batman doesn’t get much crime-fighting done in the Max animated series “Harley Quinn,” a bright-hued, pointedly buoyant riff on a comics franchise that’s come to be defined by its shadows. ![]()
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