A quick image search will show you the vast variety of tattoos given to fans wanting to memorialize the character. But part of the appeal of this new Joker was his nihilistic take on society. Dropped at the first sign of trouble. When the chips are down, these This worldview has also come to be seen as disturbingly sympathetic by those who ignore his body count. In , a theory stating that the Joker was the real hero of The Dark Knight got thousands of upvotes and a great deal of media coverage.
The problem here is that the Joker is a lot of things. This can be a very attractive idea to someone who feels society has failed them, because it also justifies their revenge. Despite the horrible acts of violence he commits in The Dark Knight , the Joker has fans — and when mass murderers have fans, bad things happen. While some of these instances are as benign as donning Joker cosplay while trying to steal movie posters , others are far more sinister, resulting in disfigurement , arson , and murder.
The argument already surrounding the film, prior to its October 4th premiere, is whether the film is merely a portrayal of the type of person who can become these sorts of violent extremists — mostly white, male, heterosexual incels — or something inadvertently inspirational. Warner Bros. Home-grown terrorism has become an epidemic , with mass shootings carried out by disgruntled young men, often misogynists and domestic abusers with a history of violence toward women.
The audience of Joker , it appears, is either supposed to empathize with a disillusioned shooter or at least understand why he committed acts of violence. Now that mass audiences finally have a chance to see the film, after more than a month of critical debate online, they can decide for themselves how far to extend their empathy.
Write to Eliana Dockterman at eliana. By Eliana Dockterman. Warner Bros. Related Stories. They're in the Empire Business. Already a print subscriber? Go here to link your subscription. Need help? Visit our Help Center. Go here to connect your wallet. In flashbacks, this story shows young Martha Kane working as an aide at the clinic of Dr. Leslie Thompkins. There, she regularly looks over Sonny, a young boy in foster care who suffers frequent abuse from others.
Sonny is there to witness when Martha meets young Dr. Thomas Wayne. Weeks later, a group of criminals who want to gentrify the area infect Sonny with a virus meant to spread through the low-income neighborhood. Sonny warned Thomas and Martha what was really happening, so the clinic doctors and the Wayne Medical Research team were able to save him and stop any possible epidemic. Frustrated by this, one of the criminals, a gangster named Sallie Guzzo, sets fire to the clinic and kidnapped Sonny.
For some time afterward, he keeps Sonny as an aide in his home, abusing and molesting the boy. In this version of events, part of the new canon for the DC universe, a criminal called Red Hood or Red Hood One leads a whole gang of red masked people on crime sprees across Gotham months before Bruce Wayne adopts the Batman identity.
Red Hood One also feels a connection to Bruce Wayne, claiming he was affected by the murders of Thomas and Martha Wayne, and his own foster parents were murdered the night by their neighbors.
These events inspired him on a path of not just crime, but chaos. After Red Hood One falls into the vat at A. The superstar creative team of James Tynion IV and Guillem March reunite for a chilling tale of horror and redemption featuring Gotham's most frightening villain. Breakups can be messy, but when both parties are Crane is more potent than ever before. With his signature fear gas, Scarecrow has always prided When the Joker manages to fool Superman, the results are shocking and utterly disastrous in this clip from Injustice that was shown during DC FanDome Inspired by the bestselling video game and comic series, The Joker Vol.
The city is constantly reeling from one Shocked, angry and grieving, Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman find themselves at odds over the right response when the Joker unleashes a horrifying attack in this exclusive clip from Injustice. Jared Leto as the Joker in Suicide Squad. The Joker Community See All.
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