The latest Joker controversy: Using a song by a convicted pedophile in the movie
Having already stirred up a fair amount of controversy for its nihilistic R-rated storyline,The Warner Bros. film — which has been a critical hit, won the Golden Lion in Venice and has just smashed opening weekend records with an international haul of $234 million — uses Glitter's 1972 hit "Rock and Roll Part 2" in a lengthy and pivotal scene, in which Joaquin Phoenix dances down a long flight of stairs and transforms into the iconic character.
Much of the anger on social media has centered on the fact that Glitter could be receiving royalties from Warner Bros. for using his song.
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