Joker
This Joker is very far away from Jack Nicholson’s version , and pretty far from Heath Ledger’s interpretation of a psychopath with a sense of humour , but absolutely no moral scruples. We never found out how the character got to that point, but in Todd Phillips nasty new film we do. Arthur Fleck (J oaquin Phoenix ) lives in a nasty Gotham flat, where he cares for his elderly mother ( Frances Conroy ). Flack works as a jobbing clown, and is employed to promote the closing down of a shop by standing outside spinning a sign around and generally being a clown. He is set upon by some thugs who beat him up and smash up the sign. This world of Gotham is pretty much polarised between rich people who don’t care and poor people who can’t live. Fleck’s mother believes that the businessman for whom she once worked will help them out if he only knew of their predicament. She also tells Arthur that he was put in the World to bring joy to everyone. Fleck thinks that he is a talented comedian ...