Is joker a so-called "clown"?

This is a film with great evil charm. In the United States, some cinemas chose not to show the film for fear of repeating the shooting incident of the Dark Knight. Many countries and cities around the world have strengthened security during the clown's screening, and even increased police patrols near cinemas. Although the film is full of violence, just like Quentin's aesthetic logic of violence, we can avoid violence when we face it directly.

? Joaquin phoenix, the leading actor, abused himself into a morbid skin and bones, with deep eyes and a heavy needle on his foot, all of which made the audience experience Arthur's struggling fate. ? He always wanted to be a comedian, but what he brought to others was his own tragedy.

Joker not only means clown in English, but also "clown, clown, fool, loser ..." Every meaning of clown is vividly expressed in Arthur in the film. From his professional point of view, he is a clown, and in the eyes of the audience, he is a normal person who loves to joke and create an atmosphere; But in the eyes of the upper class, he is a fool and a representative of the disabled in the lower class; Even know that he is mentally ill, when he is dispensable.

In my opinion, Arthur is a sad and hateful image. The poor society urged him to be disabled and his fate was unfair; Put on clown makeup, pull business for a music store that is about to close down, and be teased and beaten by a group of gangsters; After eating seven kinds of mixed drugs to treat mental illness, people even suffered from an involuntary laughter, which was regarded as a different kind; There is a mother who is also mentally ill and needs to be taken care of at home. In this case, she tore her mouth fiercely and tried to laugh.

Perhaps there is a clown in everyone's heart, who represents all the negative aspects of human nature, such as depression, darkness, violence, madness, arrogance, hatred and so on.

"Laugh if you are unhappy."

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Arthur's mental state and experiences around him are slowly awakening the clown in Arthur's heart. During this period, Arthur also had a confrontation with the clown in his heart. He wants to die, thinking that his death can be more valuable than his life; He wants to gain the recognition of the world, create joy and exchange others' smiles. He always remembers what his mother said to him: "You should always smile. You were born to convey laughter." Arthur himself wrote: "Being mentally ill is not the most painful thing. The most painful thing is to act like a normal person." The ambivalence in Arthur's heart is getting more and more serious, and the seeds of clowns are gradually expanding.

My friend gave Arthur a gun to defend himself, but unfortunately it fell during a performance and was fired by the boss. It was this gun that made Arthur's clown come to light. In the face of the ridicule and ridicule of three financial rotten people on the subway, the clown in Arthur's heart occupied his brain, and three upper-class people died of shooting; A murder led by a "clown" happened one after another. Arthur has a crush on Sophie, a psychological counselor and good friend Landau, gotham city mayor candidate Thomas Wayne who doesn't know if he is his real father, and his mother who raised him. The oppression of upper-class society, the ridicule of comedian Murray, Thomas Wayne's impatience and the urgency of finding his own life are all gestating the germination and prosperity of murder seeds.

The whole film is interspersed with Chaplin's video clips, including Arthur's exaggerated dance like Chaplin in front of the mirror after his first murder. Decadent politicians watch modernity in the theater and laugh constantly, which reflects the indifference and oppression of society to the bottom people. It also implies that at the end of the play, citizens wear clown masks to start a political rebellion, and the vehicle that arrested Arthur was rescued after the car accident. The liberated citizens cheered around Arthur, and Arthur used his mouth.

? This movie may warn us that there may be a clown living in our hearts, but we can choose to influence him, recognize him, sympathize with him, and change him instead of being controlled by him.

? The audience's evaluation of this film shows a trend of polarization, but this is not the absolute standard for evaluating a work. I think what really matters is the values it conveys to the audience. Every movie is a love letter written by the director to the audience. From the moment the film was released, the director was ready to accept and reject it. In today's film and television market, Hollywood movies are popular all over the world. They choose to refuse to show them because they are afraid that citizens' values will be affected. But as Arthur said in the film, "What is funny and what is not funny is up to you to define." There are a thousand hamlets in the eyes of a thousand people. Citizens of a country understand a film with their own eyes and their existing values, and they can't think that this will undermine the establishment of national values. If a movie can really affect reality, how fragile a civilized society should be.