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  1. Nov 1, 2019 · It is perhaps for these reasons – i.e. that some within the ‘liberal media’ (so often attacked by Trump and the far right) have condemned the film - that the far right recognised that it had...

    • Paul Stocker

      Dr Paul Stocker is a Historian of the far right in Britain...

  2. Mar 7, 2021 · Joker arrived at a time of what has been defined as ‘unprecedentedpolitical, social, and economic turmoil (Kellner Citation 2017). President Trump’s lacerating discourse, funnelled through ugly tweets and spectacular rallies, legitimised conspiracy theories while denying the indexes of truth-telling for fakery.

    • Sean Redmond
    • 2021
  3. There is a subjective act in Joker’s move, but no new political subjectivity arises through it: at the film’s end, we get Joker as a new tribal leader, but with no political program, just an explosion of negativity.

  4. Todd Phillips's film Joker, a 2019 psychological thriller, has stirred up strong reactions to the portrayal of the lead character's mental disorder, which is never specified. I used DSM-5 criteria to study whether Joker/Arthur Fleck showed signs of a real mental disorder.

    • Valentin Yurievich Skryabin
    • 2021
  5. Lawrence Ware utterly fails to comprehend what the Joker narrative is intended to be and instead, turns the movie into a racial issue. Ware believes Joker is an example of white supremacy and that the difference, power, and discrimination present in this film are products of race.

  6. Jun 14, 2020 · Todd Phillips’ Joker (2019) sparked considerable controversy leading up to its release. Joker deals with many thematically disturbing elements — mental health, political violence, and an “incel”-like protagonist. Despite these concerns surrounding the Joker movie controversy, the movie did not inspire violence. Quite the opposite actually.

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  8. Jan 10, 2021 · But I sincerely believe Joker is the most necessary movie of our time. It’s less a movie with a political statement and more a film with a public service announcement and call to action for...

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