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Just what everyone wanted, a Joker origin story that places the most amoral character in comics into a protagonist role. polygon.com/2018/9/16/17867456/joaquin-phoenix-joker-warner-bros-todd-phillips?utm_campaign=polygon&utm_content=entry&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter via PolygonPermalink On twitter.com
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There's a reason why the Joker origin story is pretty much never clearly and assuredly told. Origin stories humanize their subject. The Joker's effectiveness as a character is driven by his chaotic inhumanity. That he is unhinged and unexplainable is why he vexes Batman.Permalink On twitter.com
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This was also fundamental to his character in the Nolan film. Batman lives his origin story every day, but Joker had a different origin story every hour.Permalink On twitter.com
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One notable exception is Telltale's Joker story, but note: he was a crazy unhinged dude with no origin even before he became Joker. Also the point of the game was for the player to create the Joker. It's like the narrative equivalent of a Saw film and could only work in a game.Permalink On twitter.com
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People are going to say: oh no, no matter what no one could empathize with the Joker or lionize with him. But that's wrong. A: Thanos. B: Hydra. C: Literally everything with Fandom worshiping the Empire from Star WarsPermalink On twitter.com
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It's hard to believe that the WB/DC combo could pull off a worse unforced error than they already have, and yet... here one is.On twitter.com
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I promise you, we're max 5 years out from a reddit thread about how Joker was a bad guy but at least he was alpha enough to get Quinn. Ugh.Permalink On twitter.com
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