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Here we gooooo ... race, trauma & comics
🕑 Added 2020-02-03 02:57:51 +0000 UTC(Also, thinking about changing the credit scene to Phoenix's BAFTA speech! Lemme know what you think below xx)
Ahh, Joker and Watchmen two of the most politically charged adaptations of comics that came out in 2019 ... besides Captain Marvel, but that’s ... yeah we aren’t doing that.
Links: 'Watchmen' Creator Damon Lindelof: Not Talking About Race Felt 'Irresponsible': https://www.npr.org/2019/10/22/771998690/watchmen-creator-damon-lindelof-not-talking-about-race-felt-irresponsible
Mental Illness Policy: https://mentalillnesspolicy.org/consequences/homeless-mentally-ill.html
In ‘Joker,’ Joaquin Phoenix Wanted to Create a Character ‘That Wasn’t Identifiable’: https://variety.com/2019/film/festivals/joker-joaquin-phoenix-todd-phillips-venice-film-festival-1203320067/
Tulsa race riot: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa_race_riot
In ‘Joker’ the stakes are life and death, and comic-book movies may never be the same: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2019-08-27/joker-todd-phillips-joaquin-phoenix
Alan Moore discusses the Charlton-Watchmen Connection: https://www.twomorrows.com/comicbookartist/articles/09moore.html
Comments
Aquila P.
Just saw this video today and instantly subscribed. I even left a message on your community page. Lol. Thanks again. Can’t wait to dive into some more.
Alexus Hooker
I'm so glad you pointed out the Joker movie's use of black women. It bugged the hell out of me when I saw it, like they really had the audacity to cast these women as antagonists to the poor misunderstood white man, and then have one disappear with the implication that he killed her for not loving him and another gets murdered violently off screen ( did it feel like we were supposed to treat it as a moment of dark humor?? while he runs from the orderlies covered in her blood??) But it's whatever because like you said, it's been done before, and at least we have Watchmen to love on. The real annoyance is that Joker had the unmitigated gall to be boring on top of the bullshit.
