I do wonder if there would have been all this wailing and gnashing of teeth if Arthur Fleck had been black. Now that would have been a provocative move by the filmmakers. Would a black, or, for ultimate on-pointetness, a transgendered Hispanic protagonist be seen as triumphing Ali-like over an unfair system on a dog …
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Joke’s on You
When a bubblegum genre film attracted the sort of lofty critical praise and concomitant pro-lash that Joker received before its official unfurling it piqued my curiosity as one who normally shuns the endless barrage of cape flicks. A Scorsesian triumph cried some. An irresponsible clarion call to wingnuts and incels howled others. So this particular …
The Bottle Dungeon 