Nothing seems to be more of a lightning rod for morality than 007. We are obsessed with getting our guidance from Fleming's self-described "cardboard character."
You can even buy whitewashed versions of the novels now! Fleming has been called a racist, misogynist, and a couple of other "ists". Do other books get such scrutiny? Do we hunt for racism in the LOTR series?
But the lie is in thinking that knowing better and doing better are the same thing - just ask those in our concentration camps.
And the biggest irony is a real life Bond villain owns the character in a case of life imitating art. And all we do in reaction is breathlessly ask, "Who will be cast!"
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