It's kind of funny — I keep seeing folk referring to West's "camp" Batman, but his genius in the role was always playing the quintessential straight man, taking the role and the situations with an utterly straight face and earnest attitude. (Leslie Nielsen adopted the same tack in his later comedic career.)
Everything around West could be utterly insane and, yes, camp, but there was never any questions that West's Batman was utterly dedicated to his cause, a straight-shooter who'd throw himself into a fiendish death trap in order to save you. If you were a lost kid, he was the hero you wanted to be found by.
‘You will always be Batman’: Former Batmans remember Adam West
‘In my eyes, there was only one real Batman that is and always will be Adam West,’ said Burt Ward, who co-starred as the masked vigilante’s sidekick Robin.
Vikram singh