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* ''[[The Dark Knight Rises]]''{{'}} release was marred by tragedy when a crazed gunman identified as James Eagan Holmes opened fire at a midnight screening in Aurora, Colorado, killing 12 people ''including children'' and injuring 58 others. Initial reports stated that Holmes identified himself as "the Joker" at the time of his arrest though this has been debunked. While he did not receive the death penalty as a result of his atrocities, Holmes was sentenced to ''twelve life sentences'' without parole, and ''[[Longer-Than-Life Sentence|an additional 3,318 years]] in prison''. Judge Carlos Samour stated that the defendant should "[[You Can't Go Home Again|never set foot in free society again]]," adding that "the defendant deserves [[No Sympathy|no sympathy]]." To rub salt in Holmes's wound, a fellow inmate named Mark "Slim" Daniels assaulted him in what Daniels claimed to be [[Vigilante Man|in retribution]] to such a heartless and disgusting act.<ref>[https://abcnews.go.com/US/exclusive-inside-prison-assault-aurora-theater-shooter-james/story?id=37339691 Exclusive: Inside the Prison Assault on Aurora Theater Shooter James Holmes]</ref> Whether Slim was sincere about sending the Aurora shooter straight to hell or not is debatable as he could be just doing it for the notoriety, but regardless, [[Even Evil Has Standards]].
* It's hard not to think about Filipino comedian [[Vice Ganda]] without the leagues of critics who take umbrage at his style of comedy, deriding it as a denigrating form of defamation at the expense of those targeted by Vice's sarcasm. Fans of the [[GMA Network]] variety show ''[[Eat Bulaga]]'' would brag about how their hosts' style of comedy is more "[[Blatant Lies|wholesome]]" than Vice's crass comedy club gags, and it shows with comments on videos about ''[[It's Showtime! (Series)|It's Showtime!]]'' and ''Bulaga'' critiquing Vice's edgy sense of humour. In fairness there has been those far worse than him, but still...
* Despite being well-received by critics when it was shown
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