NBC has a new superhero drama coming out next season, and the hero's primary power seems to be money. Like Bruce Wayne without the cool car. Our new hero is The Philanthropist, a “renegade billionaire” who helps those in need. I love this hollywood phrasing “Instead of spending $25,000 a plate at a fudnraiser, he's dodging bullets in third-world countries to hand-deliver vaccine.”
From that description I doubt that it will have a single thing to do with actual philanthropy or foreign assistance. Not any more than Batman has with actual crime fighting, anyway. Still, I’m willing to watch it. It sounds like wish fulfillment for aid workers, and wish fulfillment is what super heroes are all about.
