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The Dark Knight’s Endless Poker References And What They Mean
Did you notice them before?
The Dark Knight is hailed by many as the greatest superhero movie ever made.
I revisited this movie recently and wrote three full pages of notes about it. One theme in particular kept popping up in my face time and time again, and that’s it’s colossal connection to the game of poker.
I was shocked, actually.
In this article, I’ll detail this connection.
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Spoken Poker References
I know you all noticed the Joker cards shown throughout the movie. Those were obvious, but I also heard a lot of other poker references, too.
For instance, when Lucius Fox asks Bruce Wayne about why the R/D department’s been reassigned, Bruce says“I’m playing this one pretty close to the chest.” It’s a quote repeated later on in the film when Commissioner Gordon comes back from…
