An interesting dissertation on how to best represent DUNE's Baron Harkonnen on screen in our post-modern society without resorting to the tropes for evil used in the 1960s when the novel was written…
And the comments that follow the article are for the most part—refreshingly—thoughtful. I could not help but draw parallels between the Baron's character and another sociopathic, malignant narcissist we're all having to deal with in there here and now.
Definitely worth a read if you're a fan of DUNE.