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Joker tells the story of what happens when a society is pushed to the brink. The lower class is choking under economic pressures and inability to care for themselves because the jobs they rely on are disappearing.
According to some critics, Joker runs the risk of being perceived as a glorification of what one angry and disturbed loner is able to accomplish and raises debate over whether the film turns an archetype of a violent man into a heroic figure (intentionally or not).
- Valentin Yurievich Skryabin
- 2021
Feb 29, 2024 · The Joker is born under the city lights in one of the dark alleys of Gotham. Vengeance is yet to set foot. Thomas Wayne, along with Martha, are brutally killed by a clown-masked guy who lets Bruce Wayne watch their death.
Dec 26, 2019 · Joker gives visibility to all men marginalised in one way or another. The film tries to invoke empathy for what it feels like to be ‘undesirable’.
Oct 23, 2019 · Joker is a film about personal, social and political darkness. Its main protagonist turned anarchist is a body and soul riddled with grief, anger and confusion, running from one disaster to the next as a twisted and taut human being.
Feb 11, 2024 · Ledger's portrayal of The Joker in The Dark Knight transcended his untimely death and achieved legendary status.
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In this essay, I will discuss some of the opportunities offered by Todd Phillips's Joker (2019) to engage in an "interpretative play," to use the term of Noël Carroll, with this particular work of art, and consider some of the emotional responses that the movie elicits.
