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‘Joker’ Director Slams ‘Woke Culture,’ Says It’s Why He Stopped Making Comedies

Amanda Prestigiacomo
‘Joker’ Director Slams ‘Woke Culture,’ Says It’s Why He Stopped Making Comedies
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“Joker” director Todd Phillips is not a fan of the social justice warriors policing comedy. During an interview for Vanity Fair’s November issue, Phillips fingered so-called “woke culture” for essentially ruining the genre and admitted that he stopped churning out well-liked comedies, such as “The Hangover,” “Road Trip,” and “Old School,” because of the PC-brigade.

Instead, the famed director focused his full attention on drama, such as “Joker,” which, ironically, has also been plagued with controversy largely from the “far-left,” the director recently complained. 

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