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On the night of the show, Michaels pumps Smylex into the crowd to ensure that they laugh no matter what Joker says and she finally has a moment of "supersanity" where she understands what she needs to be happy and how it cannot come from validation from outsiders. She materializes in the
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As the duo evade guards at the chemical plant, a retired Batman appears to stop them and it leaves Mr. J shaken. While the protagonist finally feels happy for the first time after emerging from the chemicals, Mr. J reveals that his ex is Batman. The crime-fighter adopted orphan
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eating Batman. Joker manages to make peace with Mr. J before setting out for a grueling day-long training session with Ra's, who reveals that there is a prophecy of a people's hero who can liberate comedy from its constraints and believes it to be Joker the Harlequin.
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who offers to rearrange the time stream for Joker. She asks that her old friend Oswald be given the fame and power of Batman. For herself she only asks to have one happy memory from childhood: she has a vision of 1992, riding in the car with mom, as they sing along to
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On September 21, Drew also pulled the film from other film festivals where it had been slated to screen, although it was unclear whether this was motivated by another copyright infringement threat or simply to help the film gain a distribution deal.
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described the film as "reflect the deliberately outrageous, ironically distanced variety found in internet memes and Adult Swim series" and as "using millennial meta-irony ... to critique the institutions once held dear". Katie Rife of
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When Joker's mother comes to visit and explain that she wants to apologize for how she raised her child, it comes when Joker is breaking up with Mr. J and decides to take on the comedy establishment by hacking into a broadcast of
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gave it a B+ and wrote: "Underneath the satirical madness lies a genuinely moving story of self-acceptance, self-love, and the inspiring act of an artist stepping into her power. All jokes aside, the people deserve to see it."
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According to Drew, "a media conglomerate" sent her "an angry letter (misreported as a 'cease and desist') pressuring to not screen" shortly before the premiere. Some media outlets assumed this to be
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as the Creeper. Film critic/bartender Mike Vanderbilt originally appeared as The Creeper in early versions of the film but was recast after sexual assault allegations were made against him.
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for being a parody, and a title card displayed before the film began stated "Any copyright or trademark infringement was not done intentionally", among other things. In a statement to
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both the budget for the production and the artwork; more than 100 artists provided backdrops and character animation for the film. In the process, the final film became a
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uses classic characters in impressively inventive ways, working within a familiar framework to tell an invigorating story of self-acceptance."
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Michaels agrees, seeing it as a way to get good ratings. Batman tries to intervene, but the entire anti-comedy troupe fights him off, with
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Batman continues to make public appearances, participating in a reality dating show contest, masquerading as a straight man and hosting
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is a blasphemous Molotov cocktail of a movie, with a unique and valuable point of view. And it’s hilarious, too". Jude Dry of
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would release on physical media and streaming platforms by the end of the year. On July 30, 2024, the film was released on
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who recently left an abusive relationship. This helps encourage the protagonist to articulate that she is a
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They set up in an abandoned warehouse at a dilapidated carnival and are quickly joined by a number of
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stated, "in an age where corporate IP has become a de facto religion in global cinema culture,
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Kane Distler as Mr. J, an emotionally manipulative trans man who is a composite of
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with their own deliberately unfunny and uncomfortable acts. One of these is
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was released theatrically in the United States on April 5, 2024.
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in supporting roles. The film premiered on September 13, 2022, at the
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On September 14, 2022, a day after the film had premiered at the
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originally voiced the role but asked to be recast following the
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film festival in Los Angeles on July 15, 2023.
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After the credits, we are told that Joker will return in
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as himself, an actor in superhero films appearing via a
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Fifteen years later, our hero has grown up and moves to
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Griffin Kramer as a young, pre-transition Vera, whose
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idolizing the performers on a sketch comedy program,
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Index

The Joker dancing, surrounded by a cloud of green smoke and faces of other characters in the film, an inhaler gripped by a gloved hand is in front of them all
Vera Drew
David Liebe Hart
Scott Aukerman
Tim Heidecker
Maria Bamford
Bob Odenkirk
Altered Innocence
TIFF
parody
superhero film
Vera Drew
Batman
comics
Joker
Scott Aukerman
Tim Heidecker
Maria Bamford
David Liebe Hart
Robert Wuhl
Bob Odenkirk
2022 Toronto International Film Festival
Batman
Smallville, Kansas
Dr. Crane
Arkham Asylum
gender dysphoria
Gotham City
improv comedy
Ra's al Ghul

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