As “Joker” heads above the $850 million mark at the worldwide box office, the clown face of Joaquin Phoenix’s troubled Arthur Fleck has begun popping up at government protests around the work. A new report from France24 states that protestors in Chile, Lebanon, Hong Kong, and Iraq have been wearing the “Joker” clown makeup at public demonstrations protesting government corruption and elitism. A group of graffiti artists in Lebanon known as Ashekm have even painted a giant mural of Phoenix’s Joker holding a Molotov cocktail.
“Todd Philipps’ film about the Joker has a real evocative power,” historian William Blanc told France24. “It echoes a form of protest against a political system that people believe is inflexible and not listening to the people… At the end of Todd Philipps’ film, a bit like at the end of ‘V for Vendetta’, everyone putting on the same mask is their way of coming together as a group,...
“Todd Philipps’ film about the Joker has a real evocative power,” historian William Blanc told France24. “It echoes a form of protest against a political system that people believe is inflexible and not listening to the people… At the end of Todd Philipps’ film, a bit like at the end of ‘V for Vendetta’, everyone putting on the same mask is their way of coming together as a group,...
- 10/28/2019
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
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