The idea seems more like a bug than a feature.
This article containsmajor spoilers for Joker: Folie a Deux.
Arthur Fleck,Joaquin Phoenixs eternally put-upon sad clown at the center of twoTodd PhillipsJoker movies, is dead.
On a concrete floor in Arkham Asylum, he dies unloved, unhappy, and unprotected.
A Joker is dead.
We imagine Christopher Nolan would be mightily ticked off about this emerging assumption/fan theory.
As good as Phoenix is, Phillips seems hellbent on burying his performance in Ledgers shadow.