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Reality you can't find in fiction (sh.itjust.works)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Dr. Evil is a parody of a mastermind Bond villain, which is why he was dumb as a subversion of the trope.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 15 hours ago

But you also could say Bond villains were also dumb. They always seemed to make stupid mistakes and allow James to foil them, long monologues that gave him a chance to think.