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Groucho Marxist
running time: 46 minutes
I had mixed feelings about Todd Phillip's Joker during its theatrical run. While I felt the narrative and messaging were pretty clumsy and contextually self-contradicting, the acting and production design kept me engaged and overall it was an entertaining watch.
This edit attempts to streamline the film into a story of class struggle (though a bit of a tongue-in-cheek one) and less of a Scorsese cosplay superimposed onto the Batman universe. Much of what it appears Phillips is trying squeeze in here (themes regarding delusion, romantic fantasies, etc.) has already been done and often more effectively.. i.e. King of Comedy.
We could go on about Marxist theory, or anarchism praxis whatever, but i'm not sure there's enough in the source material to have a meaningful discussion, especially during the climax when (spoiler) the director uses Joker as a mouthpiece for a misguided thesis on how "pc culture is ruining comedy!" We get it Todd, no one wanted a fourth Hangover movie... Sure, there's a critique about how neoliberalism is counterrevolutionary, but its apparent Phillips doesn't possess the emotional or practical toolset to adequately confront those themes either. (redditor voice: you see, Joker represents the lumpenproletariat, an underclass devoid of class consciousness)
Anyway, i made this edit in about a day cause i thought Groucho Marxist was a funny name and wanted to revisit the film in the current climate. Feel free to dm me for viewing link ( ·ω·)ノ
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running time: 46 minutes
I had mixed feelings about Todd Phillip's Joker during its theatrical run. While I felt the narrative and messaging were pretty clumsy and contextually self-contradicting, the acting and production design kept me engaged and overall it was an entertaining watch.
This edit attempts to streamline the film into a story of class struggle (though a bit of a tongue-in-cheek one) and less of a Scorsese cosplay superimposed onto the Batman universe. Much of what it appears Phillips is trying squeeze in here (themes regarding delusion, romantic fantasies, etc.) has already been done and often more effectively.. i.e. King of Comedy.
We could go on about Marxist theory, or anarchism praxis whatever, but i'm not sure there's enough in the source material to have a meaningful discussion, especially during the climax when (spoiler) the director uses Joker as a mouthpiece for a misguided thesis on how "pc culture is ruining comedy!" We get it Todd, no one wanted a fourth Hangover movie... Sure, there's a critique about how neoliberalism is counterrevolutionary, but its apparent Phillips doesn't possess the emotional or practical toolset to adequately confront those themes either. (redditor voice: you see, Joker represents the lumpenproletariat, an underclass devoid of class consciousness)
Anyway, i made this edit in about a day cause i thought Groucho Marxist was a funny name and wanted to revisit the film in the current climate. Feel free to dm me for viewing link ( ·ω·)ノ
change list in progress