Joker
One of themost distressing , but insightful , elements of the newJokerfilm is the journal Arthur Fleck keeps throughout the film . double over as his jest book for his stand - up routine , the journal , when seen on covert , serve as a litmus test exam for the arise rage and insanity Fleck feels until the moving-picture show ’s cataclysmic last .
Ordered as a therapeutical tool by his state - portion caseworker , Fleck uses the Holy Scripture inJokerto pass over his thinking from solar day - to - day , and , as he boldly announces to that same woman , " all [ he has ] are negative thought . " This is meditate in the journal ’s page , as the writing turns from experimental , if dark , mood , to unbowed - up sadistic drawings of womanhood in bondage and people meeting violent end .
It ’s hard to catch a full view of the journal ’s content during the moving-picture show , and what is visible is often opaque due to well-formed errors and misspellings prove the more and more rattle state of Fleck ’s nous as he transform into theJoker . Despite the deficiency of lucidness , there ’s still a flavorful narrative that shines through in the little glimpses we do get at the daybook ’s contents
Why did the old … [ blocked ]
insomneea ? I … [ hinder ]
Why are poor … [ blocked ]
confused ? because … [ blocked ]
any cents .
These two attempts at humor suggest a couplet of the more common proceeds mass fight with every Clarence Day , and which Arthur Fleck obviously wrestle with himself : insomnia and poverty . Fleck lives in a dilapidated flat with his female parent , who reach out to Thomas Wayne ( the future Batman ’s Church Father , and as say in her varsity letter , Arthur ’s Father-God as well ) for fiscal support . The insomnia is less prominent in the film , but seduce common sense , as lack of sleep is a know potentiator for mental imbalance . The idiomatic expression " any cents " is also one that will be repeated , and is distinctly a misspelling of " any sense , " signaling Arthur ’s conflict to recover sense in his life .
how many are time did … [ blocked ]
What did the … [ blocked ]
to the strait … [ obstruct ]
relax up a little .
This seems to be a antic aimed at homophobia , which illustrates Fleck ’s lack of reason or empathy for those persecuted for being different , even though he himself know all about what such handling is like .
the worst part … [ blocked ]
having a mental unwellness
is
masses anticipate
you to behave
as if you
DONT
And of course , here we get the centre of the movie , which despite the vociferation of haters in theiropposition to its supposedly mindless furiousness , Jokerdoes contain in spades ( no pun intended).Arthur suffers from a conditionthat have him laugh uncontrollably during inappropriate billet . It makes for a very uncomfortable and socially alien life story for the movie ’s protagonist . He hold late in the moving picture that he never had a mental illness - that it was just " him " all along - but this is probably due to his corruption of medication ( due to state stock - cutting ) and his increasingly fractured mentation because of his quickly devolving quality of living .
curd but he did nt care . heat content …. [blocked ]
seltser . I left the shop with … [ blank out ]
my pouch . I wondered what I could .. [blocked ]
it when I notice that there was a … [blocked ]
ambulance and the paramedics were standing over the homeless piece . I went over because I was inturested in what happen to him as I pay off near them I heard them say “ what a way to go . On the sidewalk . what ? ! can you guess that ? ? dead on the sidewalk with people tread over you . possibly he ’s happier but I do n’t need to pall with peepl just stepping over me . I want hoi polloi to see me .
i just hope my death makes more cents than my life
Imagune your whole animation ends on a sidewalk . I wonder how onetime he was and how long noone cared about him for .
Here , Arthur start to lose his moral compass , reflecting on an point he stole from a store , and what else he could get away with . But he also show that he still , at this point , has quite a predilection for empathy , talk over the sadness of a homeless soul pop off on the street , unloved and alone . He also refers back to the first joke in his journal with the word , " cents , " only even more clear here as he is likely contemplating suicide , thinking it will make " more cent " ( gumption ) than the broken struggle life he ’s been leading .
[ blocked] … was likely a inebriate . What ? ? ]
[ blocked] … ppost to take care of every sot ]
[ blocked] … hold a occupation ? ? its about time ]
[ blocked] … naturalistic about what were ]
… more gag
Here we start to seeJokerreally starting to shed his ethical motive , losing all feeling he had for the roofless man , and speaking of him as a likely drunk that society should discard . Throughout the daybook , and in the moving picture , we see Arthur striving to find or infer his post in the world . After his subway kill got attending , this thought comes to the forefront when he says " for my whole life , I did n’t make love if I even really existed . But I do , and mass are starting to comment , " which seems to be him consider he ’s finally made " cents " of his life .
In the end , we see Fleck fully transform into the hedonistic nihilist theJokercharacter has always been portrayed as , kill without remorse and cause chaos in his wake . The journal , which hasbeen used as a portal vein into theJoker ’s brain before , just gives us a bit of extra knowledge regarding the character ’s stemma from harmless wallflower to murderous misanthropist .
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