As embodied by Joaquin Phoenix, the title figure of Todd Phillips’ new film differs from the Cesar Romero, Jack Nicholson and Heath Ledger interpretations in crucial ways.
covered similar territory. But Fleck’s tragedy is much more convoluted as he faces one blow after another. He is brutally mugged and beaten, loses his job and his psychotherapist’s publicly underwritten program is eliminated. Without access to his meds, his life becomes a toxic mix of self-aggrandizing fantasy and suppressed rage.
The Joker as an archetype personifying manipulation, guile and deceit dates all the way back to the ancient Greeks. In card games — and Tarot card readings — he can play any number of parts, though he’s always wild , unruly, unpredictable, an outlier writ large.
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