Others insulted them, settling into the familiar wrestling roles of heroes and villains before ever stepping between the ropes.
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Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
22 Sep. 2026
As fear of violent crime grew over the course of the 1970s, a succession of popular films featured heroes who bypassed a supposedly ineffective legal system to defeat dangerous criminals.
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