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  1. Ware believes Joker is an example of white supremacy and that the difference, power, and discrimination present in this film are products of race. He ignores the obvious implications of classism and the story of how society reacts when oppressed by elites that look down upon them.

  2. Todd Phillips’ controversial supervillain origin story Joker is a movie whose politics are impossible to parse, which is in line with a comic book character, played by Joaquin Phoenix, who ...

  3. Oct 8, 2019 · The politics of the Joker, explained. Few characters are as fraught with political meaning as those who have appeared in America’s recent Batman films. By Matthew Rozsa. Staff Writer. Published...

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  5. The film's director and co-screenwriter, Todd Phillips, has stated that Joker is "certainly not a political film". Phillips has also commented on discourse surrounding the film, pushing back on several criticisms of its themes.

  6. Oct 9, 2019 · It doesn’t make much sense. Everything feels rushed, and that makes finding any ideological coherency difficult to really capture. Plus, the Joker isn’t a political figure.

  7. Oct 5, 2019 · But during a press conference last month, director Todd Phillips told reporters that Joker “ is not a political film ,” a statement that reportedly elicited laughs from those in attendance....

  8. Oct 7, 2019 · “‘Joker’ reflects political cowardice on the part of a filmmaker, and perhaps of a studio, in emptying out the specifics of the city’s modern history and current American politics so that the...