An air of menace and a cloud of controversy
accompany the arrival of Todd Phillips’ “Joker”
like a thick perfume. That, in itself, could be
something to celebrate. Danger isn’t a quality
often found in the sanitized corporate-made
movies of today, least of all in the safe, fan-
friendly world of comic-book films.
“Joker,” though, is a calculatedly combustible
concoction, designed, like its chaos-creating
character, to cause a stir. To provoke and
distort. I wish it was as radical as it thinks it is.
Instead, “Joker” is a mesmerizing, misjudged
attempt to marry the madness of a disturbed
individual to today’s violent and clownish times.
wang
(Wang)
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