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Dr. Horrible: An Inside Look
Dr. Horrible: An Inside Look

Doctor Horrible Sing-along Blog, a mini web series produce by Joss Whedon, shows man’s nature in a world of superheroes.
The story follows Dr. Horrible, a scheming villain who aims change the system. He wants to replace it with a one-man rule with sincere intentions. Dr. Horrible is making a blog post where he practices his evil laugh which he thinks is a standard to be a villain. Reading letters sent to him, people are criticizing his work especially on the Transmatter Ray he is to use to rob gold bars; he claims to having acquired the bars albeit in liquid form. Nonetheless, he says the point was to “take money,” which he does to justify himself of being a villain. Another letter says that, he fails to show up to a one-on-one with the sender, Dr. Horrible acknowledge that his real arch-nemesis is Captain Hammer. Now, his most awaited mail arrives, Bad Horse, the Thoroughbred of Sin and head of the Evil League of Evils, is on the watch of how Dr. Horrible will use his Freeze Ray to get into the league, his dream. Most of the time Dr. Horrible wears a laboratory gown suit, gloves and boots and believes he is evil; the archetype of cartoon villains. Here enters the love interest of Dr. Horrible. In the Laundromat doing his laundry and stalks his longtime crush, Penny, a girl who volunteers for Caring Hands Homeless Shelter which caters to the homeless. Dr. Horrible sees the homeless as a symptom that will eventually be a spread of the disease. He wants to take matters into his own hands. Penny, on the other hand, sees humankind getting wise. With this view of Penny, Dr. Horrible is willing to change---although only in front of Penny---his views and signs the petition. He temporarily stops his plans in stealing Wonderflonium for his Freeze Ray, just to hear Penny’s request. However, his plans went haywire when Captain Hammer shows up destroy the transmitter that controls the moving van and was now heading towards Penny. Dr.

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