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He also noted that Joker is a story about child trauma and mental illness. [53] [54] In their script, Phillips talked about how difficult it is for patients to reveal their diagnoses, referring to a line from the film: "The worst part of having a mental illness is that people expect you to behave as if you don't". [54]
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In the lead up to its release in October 2019, the Todd Phillips film, a dark origin story about the mentally ill man who becomes the deranged Batman villain, hit a cultural inflection point that ...
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 ...
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 ...
'Joker: Folie à Deux,' which premiered Wednesday, Sept. 4, at the Venice Film Festival, is in theaters Oct. 4 ... "There are interesting notes on the intersection between love, mental illness ...
The Joker is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Bill Finger, Bob Kane, and Jerry Robinson, the character first appeared in the debut issue of the comic book Batman on April 25, 1940. Credit for the Joker's creation is disputed; Kane and Robinson claimed responsibility for his design while ...