Hero or Villain? ‘Harley Quinn’ Has Fans Eager for More

The tone of the series, set by Kaley Cuoco as the voice of Harley, with the character trying to find herself in the aftermath of what turns out to be a permanent breakup, is well-nigh perfect.

Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons
The voice of Harley Quinn, Kaley Cuoco, in July 2017. Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons

‘Harley Quinn’ (HBO Max)

We’ve all known people, at least half of them women, who choose not to pick a team and stick to it, but rather make their decisions on a case-by-case basis. In this case it’s a character, Harley Quinn. I’m not describing her romantic life — even though she spends the first season being infatuated with a man and the latest in love with a woman — but something closer to literal teams, at least as they exist in superhero stories, of good guys and bad guys. Harley Quinn goes from helping the Joker to trying to stop him, from fighting Batman to pondering whether they might be on the same side after all.  

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