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Variety ' s Owen Gleiberman wrote, "Phoenix is astonishing as a mentally ill geek who becomes the killer-clown Joker in Todd Phillips' neo-Taxi Driver knockout: the rare comic-book movie that expresses what's happening in the real world". [197]
In Todd Phillips’s Joker, the villain’s origin begins as Arthur Fleck, a poverty-stricken, mentally ill man who is being beaten down by society. He uses this as an excuse to carry out a number ...
The sad clown paradox is the contradictory association, in performers, between comedy and mental disorders such as depression and anxiety. [1] [2] For those affected, early life is characterised by feelings of deprivation and isolation, where comedy evolves as a release for tension, removing feelings of suppressed physical rage through a verbal ...
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The Joker's mental condition is described as "super sanity"; he re-invents himself every day to suit his circumstances. He may be a harmless prankster one moment and a homicidal maniac the next. [11] Joker is portrayed with a somewhat homosexual element, described as being indirectly "in love" with Batman. [12]
Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck / Joker, a mentally ill nihilistic criminal with a clown-inspired persona, formerly an impoverished party clown and aspiring stand-up comedian. Director Todd Phillips said that while the film would venture further into Arthur's psyche, he would not become the "Clown Prince of Crime", as his Joker persona is an ...
Arthur is then arrested by the police and taken back into custody. In Arkham, he is told by a guard that he has a visitor. On his way down the hall, another inmate stops him to tell him a “joke.”