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Phillips also stressed that this final encounter between Arthur and Lee is real and not imagined, as some fans have started to speculate on social media since the “Joker” sequel’s release.
After Arthur escapes the courthouse and finds Lee, she ends their love affair because during the trial he had denounced that Arthur Fleck and the Joker are two different people. She walks away as ...
The tragedy of “Folie à Deux” is that no one seems the slightest bit interested in Arthur Fleck. Only the Joker matters. Even if Arthur were to be erased, the Joker mythology he created would ...
Arthur Fleck is a professional clown and aspiring stand-up comedian who lives with his mother, Penny, in the crime- and recession-ridden city of Gotham, New York.He suffers from a neurological disorder that causes him to have random, uncontrollable laughing fits, requiring medication he depends on social services to obtain.
Todd Phillips' 2019 film Joker provided an alternative origin story for the character, and starred Joaquin Phoenix as aspiring stand-up comedian Arthur Fleck. Although the film was controversial for its violence and portrayal of mental illness, Phoenix's performance received widespread acclaim.
This version, also known as Arthur Fleck, is a party clown and aspiring stand-up comedian who suffers from a mental illness that causes pathological laughter, lives with his delusional, abusive, adoptive mother Penny in 1981 Gotham City, and idolizes talk show host Murray Franklin.
In the final scene, Fleck is told he has a visitor. As he follows the guard down the corridor, another inmate (played by Connor Storrie) approaches him and asks to tell him a joke. He then stabs ...
Notably, Thomas is depicted in the film as being indifferent and hostile to those protesting the dismal living conditions in Gotham City, and the question of his paternity over Arthur Fleck (the real name of the man who became the Joker), although since many events are shown through Fleck's eyes the veracity of this is uncertain as Fleck is ...