The controversy swirling around Warner Bros.’ new standalone DC film “Joker,” which tracks the psychological spiral of a failed comedian (played by Joaquin Phoenix) into a murderous sociopath, took a decidedly more alarming tone this week after reports of the FBI and the U.S. Military issuing warnings about the “credible” threat of a mass shooting by an “incel” extremist at a screening of the film.
In a memo sent on September 18 and confirmed by U.S. Army officials on Tuesday, service members were informed about threats on social media about a mass shooting at a “Joker” screening. While the memo states that at the time there were “no known specific credible threats to the opening of the Joker on 4 October,” a separate memo sent Monday by senior officials of the U.S. Army’s criminal investigation division cited “credible” intelligence of such a threat gathered by Texas law enforcement.
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