ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: How did you guys go about incorporating Trump-like figures and election issues into your stories?
MARK RUSSELL:I have a theory about Trump, which I worked into theFlintstonesstory.
The bullying will somehow stop if they can curry favor with the bully.
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When I watch whats going on north of the border, its baffling.
Penguins doing that same thing in Gotham, trying to resurrect stuff.
We sometimes hear people freaking out aboutthe effect of this election and Trumps vulgar rhetoric on kids.
Children factor in both these stories.
What were you guys going for with the kids side of these storylines?
RUSSELL:I think in a lot of ways Donald Trump has reduced the debate to a playground level.
So it seemed appropriate to put the allegory of this election in a childish context.
He called it Ubu-ism.
The dictators of the past like Stalin and Hitler were aspirational in a way.
I definitely think were seeing that reflected in the broader election.
Both candidates inCatwoman: Election Nightare shady.
Meanwhile, Trump and Clinton are thetwo most unpopular candidates in modern history.
Is that something you were playing with?
FINCH:It definitely is.
Thats what I wanted to explore.
What did you like about bringing those two things together?
Catwoman ends up getting drawn into this mayoral race because of her investigations into both Harris and the Penguin.
When approaching this issue, how were you thinking about a superheros relationship to politics in their world?
It frees you from the parameters you have to function under when youre working with a superhero.
How did you decide to incorporate that in this storyline?
The things the candidates in this race are talking about are all mistakes weve made before.
None of this should take us by surprise.
The electorate is made up of goldfish, people who forget every 30 seconds whats happened before.
Both issues end with interesting codas/cliffhangers.
What were you going for there?
Otherwise why are people getting out of bed in the morning?
