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[–] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 30 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Turning into the Joker seems like an odd choice. Visually it works very well, but I would look for something more like Fight Club.

[–] Not_Dav3@lemmy.world 69 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The movie about a mentally ill man who set out to destroy the society that wronged him is much better than the movie about a mentally ill man who set out to destroy the society that wronged him.

[–] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 23 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Joker was always just an odd criminal trying to make a buck in his original incantation. I guess I still picture him like that.

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

He also pays his taxes which makes him far better than most rich people.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

yeah bats is one thing, the irs (used to be) another.

[–] NeilBru@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

original ~~incantation~~ incarnation

[–] fin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

FIght club is cool, Joker is pathetic

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

There's no faster, easily recognizable way to depict "radicalization" than clown makeup, even if you don't know the movies or Joker lore, it makes a strong point. I don't know what iconic signifier you could draw from Fight Club that would make readers go "Aahh she's fed up, even the people you least expect have a breaking point."

[–] Sergio@piefed.social 10 points 2 months ago

Clearly she is going juggalo.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Ah, I thought they just felt like, and so were depicted as, a clown. Yeah that really did not work for me.