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'Joker' Spoiler Discussion

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By Peter Sciretta

On the October 7, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall and writer Chris Evangelista to have a spoiler-filled discussion about Joker.

In Our Feature Presentation: Joker Spoiler Discussion.

  • Brief thoughts on the film.
  • 'Joker' Review: Joaquin Phoenix is Phenomenal in This Nihilistic Nightmare [TIFF 2019]
  • Twist 1: Thomas Wayne is his dad, or not?
  • Cast Member Talks About a Spoiler-Heavy Twist
  • Twist 2: His girlfriend is imagined
  • Does he kill the girlfriend? 
  • Killing Murray on air
  • Batmans parents die
  • Who is Trump in this allegory? Are the politics confused?
  • Last scene with him in the hospital: is this before or after? Did the events of this movie even happen? The problem with a movie with an unreliable narrator.
  • Did he kill the counselor?
  • Joker's dancing 
  • The depiction of mental illness.
  • How does this function as a comic book movie? A Batman movie?
  • Intentionality: What is this film trying to say? 
  • The Dark Knight at 10 Years
  • When should the audience go from empathy to disgust?
  • Is this movie dangerous?
  • 'Joker': Aurora Shooting Victims' Families Send Letter to WB Hoping to Spur the Company Into Action, Filmmakers Respond to the Movie's Violence
  • Warner Bros. Issues 'Joker' Statement: The Film is Not "An Endorsement of Real-World Violence of Any Kind"
  • Director Todd Phillips Questions the 'Joker' Backlash, Compares Film's Violence to 'John Wick'
  • Will there be a sequel? 
  • 'Joker' Box Office Breaks Records, Laughing All the Way to the Bank
  • 'Joker' Sequel a Possibility
  • What does 11:11 mean?
  • How close is the movie to the leaked Joker script that was going around?
  • 'Joker' Underwent "Radical Changes" During Filming, According to Joaquin Phoenix
  • Will This be an award contender?
  • 'Joker' Gets the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival, Giving Oscar Chances a Nudge
  • Is this just Todd Philips ripping off Martin Scorsese?
  • Why 'Joker' is Set Decades Ago and How Martin Scorsese's 'The King of...

    • Other Articles Mentioned:

  • 'Joker' Spoiler Review: Joaquin Phoenix Elevates a Disturbing, Incendiar...
  • We Burned the Forest Down: 'The Dark Knight' 10 Years Later
  • Only Todd Phillips Could Have Made 'Joker' 

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