Arthur F. Painting

"What do you get when you cross a mentally ill loner with a society that abandons him and treats him like trash?! I'll tell you what you get, you get what you fucking deserve!” "I haven't been happy one minute of my entire fucking life." "I killed those guys because they were awful. Everybody is awful these days. It's enough to make anyone crazy." "The worst part of having a mental illness is people expect you to behave as if you don’t." "For my whole life, I didn't know if I even really existed. But I do, and people are starting to notice." "I just hope my death makes more cents than my life." "I just don't want to feel so bad anymore." "You know what really makes me laugh? I used to think my life was a tragedy… but now I realize, it’s a fucking comedy." "Is it just me, or is it getting crazier out there?” -Arthur Fleck (Joker) from ‘Joker’ (2019) Starring Joaquin Phoenix (Parenthood), Zazie Beetz (Deadpool 2), Brett Cullen (The Replacements), Frances Conroy (Six Feet Under), and Robert De Niro (The Irishman). Written by Todd Phillips (War Dogs) and Scott Silver (8 Mile). Directed by Todd Phillips (Blue, You’re My Boy!). Arthur Fleck, later known as Joker, is a failed comedian who, following his great lack of success and respect, loses his mental stability until he becomes a nihilistic, sociopathic killer calling himself Joker, aiming himself to make Gotham smile in his way. Early Life The man who would later be known as the Joker was born to unknown parents before being allegedly adopted in Gotham City by Penny Fleck and an unknown father. When he was raised by his adopted mother and her boyfriend, they were abusing him physically and mentally, until the trauma to his brain caused him to develop Pseudobulbar affect, a condition characterized by sudden moments of uncontrollable laughter or crying. In Arthur's case, his PBA would cause him to laugh uncontrollably during moments of intense stress and sadness. As he became an adult, in 1981, he frequently visited a therapist to obtain medications to try and help himself handle the problem and later his depression and psychoticism. Despite being on seven different medications, Arthur at one point requests that his medication be increased because they were not making him feel better. Ever since that he was younger, Arthur sought to become a popular comedian worldwide so he can bring laughter and joy to the world, which his mother raised him to believe in, and, even kept his true family lines as secrets for him. Failures To achieve his life goal, Arthur had taken the job of an advertising clown for a talent agency, so he can use the future salary he would get to help his mother to heal from her illnesses and to help himself. Despite this, when he was on duty as the clown, holding the agency's sign in front of the goers of Gotham, a group of teenagers had stolen the sign, causing him to chase them into an alley where they broke the sign on him and beaten him violently, leaving him broken, sad and mad, increasing his fragile sanity problems. The next day at work, Arthur recieved a gun from his co-worker Randall. Arthur, alongside his mother, as like many residents in Gotham and the US, were fans of the Murray Franklin Show, a late-night talk show led by Murray Franklin himself. Arthur fantasized himself attending the show in the audience and being warmly called out by Franklin himself who tells him that he wishes he has a son like him. Meeting Sophie Despite his failures and despite his attempts to take care of his mother in their shared small rotten apartment in Gotham, Arthur developed an obsession with a banker and a single-mother named Sophie Dumond, a young beautiful cynical woman, after he meets her in an elevator. He imagined himself being with her the entire time, and trespassed her home. Train Incident After having been working late at night when he was fired from his job as a clown after Randall's gun fell out of Arthur's pocket at a children's hospital, Arthur later went on a subway home. In the subway, he was watching how a young woman was being harassed by three young and wealthy men. Suddenly, he started laughing uncontrollably, drawing the attention of the bullies, and saving the woman. After they sang at him mockingly and took his fake clown hair to put on, they knocked him to the floor and started beating him. Arthur then snapped, quickly grabbing the gun from his pocket and shot one, and then another. The third man ran, while Arthur shot him in his buttocks. After chasing him out of the subway car and onto the platform, he shot him again. As he was trying to crawl up the stairs, Arthur executed him by shooting him three times in the back. Pausing momentarily to contemplate what he had done, he sprinted up the stairs and ran into a public bathroom to hide. Inside, Arthur slowly danced as his slow transformation into the Joker started. Arthur then made his way home, fantasizing about entering Sophie's apartment and making out with her. The triple murder kick started the rise of a social anarchistic movement known as The Clowns, which cause massively destructive riots against the rich and the powerful population, doing riots even in Thomas Wayne's speech of becoming a mayor for Gotham (only for his plan to get rid off the poor and to destroy their homes). Returning home, Arthur took a short shower, and his mother was watching Franklin's show on TV, whilst Arthur's mental health was further degraded as he was writing jokes in his notebook. Some time later, Arthur imagined Sophie attending Arthur's stand-up routine, which went poorly; he laughed uncontrollably and had difficulty delivering his jokes. After coming home, Arthur intercepted a letter from Penny to Thomas Wayne which stated Arthur was his son. Taking his parentage to the Wayne Manor, Arthur later met a young but emotionless Bruce Wayne, performing magic tricks to try and make him smile. He also met Alfred Pennyworth before getting rudely dismissed by him.. Following a visit from two Gotham City Police Department detectives investigating Arthur's involvement in the train murders, Penny started hyperventilating and suffered a stroke. By the time Arthur came home from Wayne Manor, the paramedics loaded Penny into an ambulance which Arthur was allowed to enter as well. Goodbye Mother In Gotham General Hospital, Arthur was afraid of losing his mother. Outside the hospital, Arthur was questioned by two GCPD detectives about the subway murders. Arthur denied any involvement in the case. On the TV inside the hospital, Arthur saw that a humiliating video of his failed stand-up comedy performance was shown on Franklin's show. In the video, Arthur's pathological laughter was shown during the stand-up performance, which Franklin used to humiliate Fleck. Arthur soon sneaks into a private screening of Modern Times in order to personally speak with Thomas Waynewho rudely denies that he is his father, stating Arthur's mother Penny is insane and obsessed with him which leads Arthur into a mental breakdown while triggering his pathological laughter. In response to his laughter, Thomas punches him in the nose and warns him to not touch his son again. Confused and upset, the very next day Arthur visits Arkham State Hospital to find his mother's file and meets a clerk in charge of storing files of patients there. He quickly takes notice of Arthur's unstable demeanour and pauses in horror when looking into file, when he refused to release the file to Arthur, he steals it anyway and is saddened and distraught to find out that what Thomas Wayne said was true; Penny is indeed delusional and that he isn't Arthur's biological father. Not to mention, when Arthur was a child, a young Penny who was obsessed with Thomas Wayne let her boyfriend physically and emotional abuse him which contributed to his mental health and pathological laughter. When Penny woke up the next day, he reflected on his life, and grew more and more agitated with her, until, he roughly grabbed a pillow out from under her head, and suffocated her to death. Downfall The Rise of The Joker Later, Arthur recieves a phone call from a representative from the Murray Franklin Show who informs him that the clip of his performance recieved amazing feedback and that Murray Franklin wants Arthur on the show, to which Arthur agrees. Arthur prepares his makeup for the show. His doorbell rings, and two previous co-workers come by his house, with the guise of checking up on him. It turns out, however, that the visit was an excuse for Randall who gave him the gun to make sure Arthur and he had their stories straight. Becoming upset, Arthur grabs a pair of scissors from his back pocket and stabs it into his neck and eyes, slamming his head repeatedly on the doorframe, until he was dead. He slumps back beside the body, while the other co-worker, Garry, cowered in the corner. Arthur lets him go and unlocks the door for him, kissing him on his bald head while he does so, saying that he was the only one who was nice to him. In his restroom, he dyes his long hair green, and, puts on the rest of the clown makeup on his face before donning a luxury clown-like suit and shoes he had kept in secret, before leaving home to dance on the stairways, now fully as Joker. Send in The Clowns The two GCPD detectives see him dancing as Joker on the stairways until he stops and sees them. He escapes by running into the subway but not before he is hit by a taxi. In the subway, for his luck, a riot of the Clowns movement was occurring, and, he used it to hide and escape before being invited to Franklin's show. When he was preparing for his performance in the show, he considered committing suicide on air. In Franklin's show, he is dancing, before he discusses with his beloved TV idol on himself. Joker then proceeds to tell morbid jokes before eventually admitting to murdering the three young men in the subway. Franklin decides to take advantage of the situation for ratings by carrying on with the show instead of shutting it down. Franklin later scolds Arthur for what he did, driving Joker who is already insane to begin a rant about how he and society have wronged him. Snapping at the peak of his psychotic rage, Joker abandons his plan of commiting suicide and suddenly whips out his gun and shoots Franklin in the forehead, killing him instantly on live television and in front of a horrified audience. As screaming spectators stampede out of the studio, Joker lets out a genuine laugh of insanity, before getting up, and shooting Franklin's dead body in the chest. As he says "Good night, and always remember: That's life!" before laughing, he is tackled by officers and arrested. As he is being driven through the streets, the Clowns are out in full force, rioting, destroying property, burning cars, and killing people, as Arthur smiles, and is cheered and pointed at by the rioters. Suddenly, two clowns in an ambulance ram into the side of the car, knocking Arthur out and killing the officer. They realize who he is, and gently and slowly bring him out of the broken window of the car, placing him on the hood. Despite being injured, he spreads the blood in his mouth to his cheeks, creating a wide red smile, now completely accepting what he has become. Goodbye Father During the massive riots, one of the clowns kills Thomas and Martha Wayne and takes Martha's pearls, much to Bruce's horror. This makes Joker indirectly responsible for the creation of Batman. Imprisonment at Arkham Upon succeeding in everything he had ever wanted to achieve despite failing to bring laughter and joy, it is implied that he either turned himself in or eventually got caught by the authorities, which led him to Arkham's jail division. He is then being interviewed by either an FBI shrink or a psychiatrist as he laughs presumably at the thought of Bruce Wayne ending up as an orphan like him and of what's yet to come between the two, much to the shrink's curiosity. It is implied that he immediately killed the psychiatrist who was interviewing him as his shoes are bloody, as he dances down the hall before being pursued down the halls by Arkham orderlies. It is also implied, due to his actions in Gotham City, he became known worldwide as an infamous and controversial figure whose impact on society will be long-lasting. Source: Batman Wiki Joker is a 2019 American psychological thriller film directed and produced by Todd Phillips, who co-wrote the screenplay with Scott Silver. The film, based on DC Comics characters, stars Joaquin Phoenix as the Joker and provides an alternative origin story for the character. Set in 1981, it follows Arthur Fleck, a failed clown and stand-up comedian whose descent into insanity and nihilism inspires a violent counter-cultural revolution against the wealthy in a decaying Gotham City. Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy, Brett Cullen, Glenn Fleshler, Bill Camp, Shea Whigham, and Marc Maron appear in supporting roles. Joker was produced by Warner Bros. Pictures, DC Films, and Joint Effort, in association with Bron Creative and Village Roadshow Pictures, and distributed by Warner Bros. Phillips conceived Joker in 2016 and wrote the script with Silver throughout 2017. The two were inspired by 1970s character studies and the films of Martin Scorsese (particularly Taxi Driver and The King of Comedy), who was initially attached to the project as a producer. The film loosely adapts plot elements from Batman: The Killing Joke (1988) and The Dark Knight Returns(1986), but Phillips and Silver otherwise did not look to specific comics for inspiration. Phoenix became attached in February 2018 and was cast that July, while the majority of the cast signed on by August. Principal photography took place in New York City, Jersey City, and Newark, from September to December 2018. Joker is the first live-action theatrical Batman film to receive an R-rating from the Motion Picture Association. Joker premiered at the 76th Venice International Film Festival on August 31, 2019, where it won the Golden Lion, and was released in the United States on October 4, 2019. The film received generally positive reviews, but some aspects polarized critics. Although Phoenix's performance, the musical score, and the cinematography were praised, the dark tone, portrayal of mental illness, and handling of violence divided opinion and generated concerns of inspiring real-life violence; the movie theater where the 2012 Aurora, Colorado mass shooting occurred during a screening of The Dark Knight Rises refused to show it. Despite this, Joker became a major box office success and set records for an October release. It grossed over $1 billion, the first and only R-rated film to do so, becoming the sixth-highest-grossing film of 2019 during its theatrical run. Joker received numerous accolades. At the 92nd Academy Awards, the film earned a leading 11 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay, winning Best Actor for Phoenix (who became the second actor to win an Oscar for portraying the Joker following Heath Ledger in 2009) and Best Original Score for Hildur Guðnadóttir. Phoenix and Guðnadóttir also won at the Golden Globe and BAFTA Award ceremonies. The Joker is a supervillain who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. The Joker was created by Bill Finger, Bob Kane, and Jerry Robinson and first appeared in the debut issue of the comic book Batman (April 25, 1940). Credit for the Joker's creation is disputed; Kane and Robinson claimed responsibility for the Joker's design while acknowledging Finger's writing contribution. Although the Joker was planned to be killed off during his initial appearance, he was spared by editorial intervention, allowing the character to endure as the archenemy of the superhero Batman. In his comic book appearances, the Joker is portrayed as a criminal mastermind. Introduced as a psychopath with a warped, sadistic sense of humor; the character became a goofy prankster in the late 1950s in response to regulation by the Comics Code Authority, before returning to his darker roots during the early 1970s. As Batman's nemesis, the Joker has been part of the superhero's defining stories, including the murder of Jason Todd—the second Robin and Batman's ward—and the paralysis of one of Batman's allies, Barbara Gordon. The Joker has had various possible origin stories during his decades of appearances. The most common story involves him falling into a tank of chemical waste that bleaches his skin white and turns his hair green and lips bright red; the resulting disfigurement drives him insane. The antithesis of Batman in personality and appearance, the Joker is considered by critics to be his perfect adversary. The Joker possesses no superhuman abilities, instead using his expertise in chemical engineering to develop poisonous or lethal concoctions and thematic weaponry, including razor-tipped playing cards, deadly joy buzzers, and acid-spraying lapel flowers. The Joker sometimes works with other Gotham City supervillains, such as the Penguin and Two-Face, and groups like the Injustice Gang and Injustice League, but these relationships often collapse due to the Joker's desire for unbridled chaos. The 1990s introduced a romantic interest for the Joker in his former psychiatrist, Harley Quinn, who became his villainous sidekick and later escaped an abusive relationship with him. Although his primary obsession is Batman, the Joker has also fought other heroes, including Superman and Wonder Woman. One of the most iconic characters in popular culture, the Joker has been listed among the greatest comic book villains and fictional characters ever created. The character's popularity has seen him appear on a variety of merchandise, such as clothing and collectible items, inspire real-world structures (such as theme park attractions), and be referenced in a number of media. The Joker has been adapted to serve as Batman's adversary in live-action, animated, and video game incarnations, including the 1960s Batman television series played by Cesar Romero and in films by Jack Nicholson in Batman (1989), Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight (2008), and Joaquin Phoenix in Joker (2019); Ledger and Phoenix each earned an Academy Award for their portrayals. Mark Hamill, Troy Baker and others have provided the character's voice ranging from animation to video games. 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