It’s funny how people say that. Something I noticed when that film came out, saw a lot of people walking about with Joker t-shirts for example, and no-one with Batman t-shirts. I’m not generally big on comics or superheroes, but it struck me that it was as if people related to someone who was downtrodden in society to the extent they lost their mind and didn’t care any more rather than a billionaire who tried to do good by fighting crime wearing a costume at night time. Even though the ‘villain’ did literally want to ‘watch the world burn.’ Probably reading way too much into it but it did strike me as an early sign of polarisation, at least on some kind of semi-concious level
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Kkkkk…
Yes, it’s me.
But it’s a M:S.
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actually, there’s no heath ledger dark knight joker origin story. even in DC comics universe there’s no universal joker origin story, several have been adapted, the most popular being the one used by alan moore in the killing joke which is further adapted from an earlier attempt at an origin story by another writer. michael keaton / tim burton batman sort of takes a stab at reworking one of the comic book takes on it.
bob kane, the original creator, had introduced joker as already being a madman with no origin, mostly the dark to counterbalance light (if batman is light?) and I guess that’s what the dark knight writers decided to roll with.
the more recent joker movie directed by todd phillips has an origin story also loosely based on the killing joke plotline but with his own take on it, and phillips has stated that his joker is not necessarily batman’s joker. I guess he doesn’t want people to interpret it as canon but more a take on that character archetype.
so basically, the people who relate to heath ledger’s joker don’t relate to someone downtrodden in society to the extent that they lost their mind and didn’t care anymore, the people who deify heath ledger’s joker relate to or champion a psychopath who, for unclear reasons, wants to destroy everything and doesn’t care about the consequences.
to me, that’s a little bit darker than the “rooting for the underdog” that sometimes gets antiheroes and villains with justifiable motives spotlighted.
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So it’s more a postmodern statement then… no truth but destroy everything!
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or some shit.
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my ears are still ringing…
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Never side with a billionaire, ever.
Kill 'em all
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I’ve never felt more relieved to not have a billion dollars.
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I’d be for having them living in a 50m2 flat with the bare minimum wage at 1h of a random job place for a year. Maybe with 2 underaged kids.
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I’d take the chance!
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I sincerely hope you’re talking about having them as coworkers and not as roommates.
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You supported the Joker??
I supported Alfred, he deserves a nice vocation
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Right hand column, second photo from the top. How many times have I seen this expression… 
corey feldman did what now?
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Didn’t realise Rollins was that short 
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