No villain rooted in the world of comic books has had so much media devoted to him or her than Batman’s most recognizable adversary, the Joker. Created by Bob Kane, Bill Finger, and Jerry Robinson, he has been voted number one in <a href="https://www.giantbomb.com/forums/off-topic-31/wizards-top-100-greatest-villians-of-all-time-254325/">Wizard</a> magazine’s &#8220;100 Greatest Villains of All Time&#8221; and number two in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140116073602/http://uk.comics.ign.com/top-100-villains/2.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">IGN’s</a> &#8220;Top 100 Comic Book Villains.&#8221; He has appeared in over 250 productions, including movies, television series, animation, books, and video games. Now, &#8220;Hangover&#8221; director Todd Philips has left the comedy world to bring a new take on the origins of the Clown Prince of Crime in &#8220;Joker.&#8221;
Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) is a troubled man with a condition that forces him to laugh at odd times. He is living in Gotham City in 1981, as the city is going through a tense political upheaval. While taking care of his sickly mother Penny (Frances Conroy), he works as a party clown and a stand-up comic. Things fall apart after he is mugged one day. The social service institute where he gets his medication gets its funding cut and he is given a gun for his protection, leading to his firing after he drops it at a children’s hospital. On his way home, he is bullied by three wealthy men, whom he kills. To his surprise, mayoral candidate Thomas Wayne (Brett Cullen) comments on the incident, calling him a &#8220;clown&#8221; and igniting a powder keg in the city, as protestors against the wealthy don clown masks. Everyone, including Fleck’s comedic hero and late-night host Murray Franklin (Robert De Niro), shares an opinion about the tragic deaths. Fleck, once ostracized, finds that he has become a folk hero of sorts and that attention begins to fill him with true laughter.

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