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It’s interesting how portrayals of the Joker have evolved Jack Nicholson Joker was basically Smarter Trump Heath Ledger Joker was nihilist philosopher Jared Leto was (bright spot in horrible suicide squad movie) basic sadistic asshole. Joaquim Phoenix is boring incel.
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Characters written to fully explain motives seem kinda weak. Strong characters are defined by the ways they transcend their origin stories. Otherwise they seem a little bit like wind-up toys. Interestingly wind-up-toy characters are more often heroes than villains.
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