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Originally Posted by Clovis8
It’s a near remake of Taxi Driver and King of Comedy. Just not a good remake.
In what way is it a 'remake?
1970's?
Delusional properties?
Mirror scene?
Alienated character?
Late night host?
That's a remake?
'Not bloody likely'... sounds more like a indication of modern society than that of a repurposed film. Scorsese certainly didn't invent the maladjusted delusional character even if he was credited with perfecting it... nearly.
Joker is a sexually ambivalent, abused and disgarded human being pushed beyond a breaking point and forced to react in a animalistic manner to those he see as causing his tribulations.
Joker is given up on as an infant... Joker is abused physically and sexually as a child... Joker is used as a sexual toy as an adult... Joker is seen as disposable by the establishment and 'norms of society'...
Joker is realistically portrayed... unlike 'king of comedy' or 'taxi driver' which resolve in a moralistic manner where good conquerors evil and happiness prevails, Joker unleashes wrath of horrific and grounded consequences... life is not a fairy tale.
Happiness, Gay, is at the forefront of this character when Aurthurs forced feminine behavior is acted out as if it was a 'learned behavior' that was cultivated over years of sexual abuse, and indeed this was still evident in his current life when Randall 'the clown' touts 'you know you're my BOY' as he gives Aurthur a key to the relief... a gun. As a matter of fact, the metamorphosis scene of Aurther Fleck into Joker takes place...
IN A PUBLIC RESTROOM.
The most Horrific part to the joker story is not when he lashes out at societal norms in the form of three wall street traders, when Aurthur rams a pair of Emasculating SCISSORS into the neck of his most recent serial abuser Randall 'the clown', or when a public figure and game show host
MURRAY Franklin is executed in a live stream broadcast... No. The most Horrific cleansing was that of a very innocent Sophie Dumond and her daughter at the hands of a fully realized serial murderer.
I think the most terrifying aspect to the film for me personally is that... There really are people in the world like Aurther Fleck.
Taxi Driver... King of Comedy... I think not.
Last edited by MSchu18; 10-20-2019 at 10:45 AM.