In Taylor Swift's song “Innocent,” I heard a line as “Lost your parents on a tightrope,” and I thought, Huh, I guess this is sort of a Robin trope, orphaned kid of circus performers, that's kind of interesting.<\/i><\/p>\n
And then I checked the lyrics and found the line is actually “Lost your balance on a tightrope.”<\/p>\n
Which makes more sense in context, but it's less Batman-ish.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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