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Feathers McGraw is the real hero of Netflix’s new Wallace & Gromit movie

In Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, the latest feature from Aardman Animation and Netflix, Feathers McGraw, the claymation duo’s most feared foe, is back, and he’s out for revenge. In 1993’s The Wrong Trousers, Wallace and Gromit busted the penguin mastermind for stealing a giant diamond. Feathers was sentenced to life in a zoo. Netflix’s new movie starts with Feathers safely locked away and Wallace and Gromit going about their lives as local heroes.

However, given Feathers’ absolute diabolical genius, commitment to being extra as hell, and sheer determination in the face of insurmountable odds, I think he should go free. I understand his drive for vengeance.

[Ed. note: This post contains light setup spoilers for Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl.]

Allow me to present my evidence: Feathers knows how to take advantage of the bumbling humans around him, and use their incompetence to his advantage. In a world where

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