MENTAL HEALTH IS NO JOKE!
“WHAT do you get when you cross a mentally ill loner with a society that abandons him and treats him like trash?” Joker says, just before shooting his childhood hero point-blank in the face on live TV...
The new film Joker has taken both the box office and social media by storm. It’s a riveting thriller that tells an origin story of Batman’s arch enemy. It stars Hollywood enigma Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck, a disturbed outcast who suffers a series of traumatic events and turns to extreme violence as a result. It’s just a movie. We know that. But it sheds light upon some horrible truths about mental illness.
“IS it just me, or is it getting crazier out there?”
Inside The Mind Of Joker
FOR nearly 20 years we’ve seen plenty of superhero origin stories make their way to the big screen, from Tony Stark’s transformation into Iron Man to Peter Parker’s radioactive spider bite that gave him powers. However, super-villain origins are a much rarer thing. Following the man behind the clown make-up, is almost an examination of the F. Scott. Fitzgerald quote, “Show me a hero and I’ll write you a tragedy”
