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.

Joaquin Phoenix in Joker Ending

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.