For most actors, hes an excuse to go H.A.M.
and/or to extremely ham it up.
Regardless, theJokerwas always an all-purpose agent of chaos.
Phoenix and Lady Gaga in ‘Joker: Folie a Deux’Niko Tavernise/Warner Bros
But what hereallywanted to do was sing.
Thankfully, they decided to tap-dance down a road less traveled instead.
Therewouldbe a sequel; that was inevitable.
belting out standards and doing a little soft-shoe.
Somewhere out there, the ghost of Arthur Freed was nodding his sage approval.
Laugh, and the whole world laughs with you.
Flip the bird to those who loved your Nihilism, yippity-dee!
mojo the first time around, however, and you may find yourself standing alone against a mob.
The closest thing it has to a message of any kind is: Hey, fanatics?
After he was caught, they wrote books and made TV movies about his rampage.
Life is one long, medicated wait for oblivion.
And then Fleck seesher.
The whole conceit falls as flat as the often purposefully off-key singing.
Its like witnessing a musical put on by people who merely like theideaof musicals rather than the genre itself.
Quinn is obsessed with Arthur.
They could have made aBonnie and Clydein smeared greasepaint, with the duo tearing up the town in tandem.
Though it does beg the question: Who, exactly, isJoker:Folie a Deuxfor?
People who wishSingin in the Rainhad 33 percent more insane clown posses?
This is the sequels real ha-ha-ha punchline.
What do you get when you cross a discordant riff on a fan favorite with a failed prestige project?
