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Joker and his fellow Marines refer to military personnel in various ways. A "short" service-member, or "short-timer", is one who is approaching the end of his tour of duty in Vietnam, described in the novel as 385 days for Marines and 365 days for members of other armed services. "Lifers" are distinguished not necessarily by their length of ...
The Phantom Blooper: A Novel of Vietnam is a 1990 novel written by Gustav Hasford [1] and the sequel to The Short-Timers (1979). [2] It continues to follow James T. "Joker" Davis through his Vietnam odyssey. The book was supposed to be the second of a "Vietnam Trilogy", but Hasford died before writing the third installment. [3]
Jerry Gustave Hasford (November 28, 1947 – January 29, 1993), also known under his pen name Gustav Hasford, was an American novelist, journalist and poet.His semi-autobiographical novel The Short-Timers (1979) was the basis for the film Full Metal Jacket (1987). [1]
From Heath Ledger in “The Dark Knight” to Joaquin Phoenix, we rank the best Joker actors and performances of all time.
Roger Stoneburner makes a brief appearance as the Joker in the pilot of the WB’s Charmed-style Birds of Prey series, which starred Dina Meyer as Barbara Gordon (a.k.a. Batgirl) and Ashley Scott ...
Full Metal Jacket is a 1987 war film directed and produced by Stanley Kubrick from a screenplay he co-wrote with Michael Herr and Gustav Hasford.The film is based on Hasford's 1979 autobiographical novel The Short-Timers.
SPOILER ALERT: The following essay discusses key plot points of “Joker: Folie à Deux,” including the ending. It is intended to be read after (rather than instead of) seeing the film. I hated ...
James T. "Joker" Davis, protagonist of the novel The Short-Timers; Joker, a character from Black Butler: Book of Circus; Joker, the underground alias of Donquixote Doflamingo, a pirate from One Piece; Jackie Jokers, a character in Richie Rich comics from Harvey Comics