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"[L]ike a lot of professions, Supervillains use a jargon, a special slang. But in New York, they use Show Business jargon, so they can talk in front of civilians, and anything they say will be mistaken for show biz shop talk. Supervillains are ‘Actors’. Thugs and henchmen are ‘Extras’. Big name supervillains are ‘Stars’. The persons who call the shots on the job are ‘Directors’. The people who are bankrolling the whole thing are ‘Producers’, and so on.”
She-Beast, Whateley Universe, "Saks and Violence"

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