In an early scene from the bestJokermovie of 2024, the camera pans across Gotham City in ruins.
Despite the protesters rioting outside, one person seems completely calm.
Nor is he going to flashback to shooting Murray Franklin while on trial for murder.
Portrayed by director and co-writer Vera Drew, Joker the Harlequin is the protagonist ofThe Peoples Joker.
It also clocks her struggles in the independent comedy scene and difficult relationship with her mother.
Robert Wuhl, who played Alexander Knox in 1989sBatman, appears via the celebrity influencer platform Cameo.
Tim Heidecker voicesSupermans boss Perry White, reimagined here as an Alex Jones-style truther.
Its a tragic life.
Instead of just heaping misery upon its central character,The Peoples Jokerbuilds empathy through Drews self-depreciating portrayal.
After all, the latter is an incredibly expensive musical(?)
drama while the former is a cheap indie comedy.
When Joker calls him out on his unacceptable behavior, Mr. J hurls insult after insult.
Mr. Js attack is the one time in the film that we hear Jokers deadname.
In every other instance, the movie bleeps the deadname like a curse word.
But it all comes to naught, achieving only a bland and bloated piece of misery masquerading as intellectualism.
its heavy use of cheap computer graphics,The Peoples Jokerfeels genuinely transgressive and shocking.
But its shocks dont come from generic provocations.
In short,The Peoples Jokeris the best Joker movie of 2024.
And Im tired of pretending its not.
The Peoples Joker is available to rent or buy on all streaming platforms.
Joker: Folie a Deux is in theaters now.