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David Morris wrote:
> 
> There's no doubt that Blicero is not a traditional Badass, but he shares
> some of the qualities, as has been noted.  As for the "man's man" aspect
> here noted,  it seems to me a minor component.  True rebels need not be thus
> macho.  I'd say Mick Jagger [a cross dressing bi-sexual [portrayed]
> Sado-masochist] was a good example of the 60's Badass.  Blicero deserves an
> expansion of the traditional consideration.

There is a long folk history of this figure, the Badass. He
is usually male, and while sometimes earning the quizzical
tolerance of women, is almost universally admired by men for
two basic virtues: he Is Bad, and he is Big. Bad meaning not
morally evil, necessarily, more like able to work mischief
on a large scale.

I don't agree that Mick Jager fits here, he was far from 
universally admired by men for the virtues P lists--big and
Bad.  Having or sharing some of the qualities expands the
Badass beyond P's definition. If we do this, we might as
well toss the Badass out. What has Mick Jagger really got to
do with wish and dream and mythologizing an imaginative
response to overwhelming power? 

I think B/T uttle of Brazil is a Badass, he fits in every
sense. He comes from dream, wish, like the Freudian return
of the repressed assembled, non mechanical, he's Big, Bad,
and in the face of overwhelming fascist/faustian power he 
sabotages the machine.