Sorry, but … why do we keep making this movie? Joker
Photo: Niko Tavernise/Warner Bros. Joker is coming out this weekend. It has a 78 percent fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes and, apparently, a nonzero percent chance of mass shootings. The NYPD and LAPD have both announced they will be increasing police presence at theaters showing the film, and nationwide law enforcement is on high alert after monitoring “disturbing” dark-web chatter.
Hmm. As much as I enjoy Joaquin Phoenix and forming opinions on buzzy cultural conversation starters … I’m going to have to pass on this one. While I’m hesitant to buy into any sort of moral panic around the film itself — contrary to popular belief, James Holmes, who murdered 12 people at a 2012 screening of Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises was not motivated by the character of the Joker, who wasn’t even in the film — it still doesn’t make for a low-stress viewing environment.
Sorry, but … why do we keep making this movie? This is what, the millionth Joker film? Even if the film is great, I’m going to miss two minutes of the movie looking for emergency exits in a panic every time anyone gets up to go to the bathroom. Is this reasonable? Probably not. But it’s not unreasonable. There have been at least 21 deadly mass shootings in 2019; meanwhile, families of the Aurora survivors have penned letters of concern about the film .
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