Joker: Folie à Deux, A GOOD Metafictional Commentary on Society’s Narcissism and Expectations, Hated by the Mainstream.
Joker: Folie à Deux, written and directed by Todd Phillips along with Scott Silver, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga gained a lot of hate. While the first Joker film was divided between critics and audiences, this time around everyone hated it. However, I loved it, and I understand why the director made such a hated film; to fuck with the mainstream audience who wanted a violent thriller, glorifying a PSYCHOPATH, but got everything they did not want; a musical courtroom drama about a HUMAN struggling with the said society. So many people have ranted to me about the film’s long ‘circular plot’ with no story, the ‘irrelevant’ musical scenes, and the casting of Lady Gaga. But while the film tried to discuss society’s narcissism and expectations held towards the face of Joker and not the reality of Arthur Fleck, Philips’ metafictional narrative fucked with the audience so much that their reaction in turn proved the same point. The narrative kept shining light on its fictionality, rem...
