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The Joker movie DC didn't want you to see will start streaming for free this month (www.polygon.com)
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The People's Joker, after a contentions debut at the 2022 Toronto Film Festival, is about to reach its widest audience yet.

Having seen this movie, it is:
* A queer coming-of-age-movie that tells a deeply personal and emotional story
* A love letter to the Batman mythos
* A torchbearer for Tim and Eric type humor

That description alone should tell you if it is worth watching for you.

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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So did DC allow it or is it not enough ip infringing or what?

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 19 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It's billed as a satire. That's pretty much a free ride most of the time

[–] ecvanalog@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

I think it’s pretty transparently a trademark violation and it’s wild it got a relatively wide commercial release. I feel like WB saw that the movie was a deeply personal movie about a marginalized group, with limited commercial potential and zero viability as a “franchise,” and did the math that continuing to fight it could really only make them look like assholes.