Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga’s ‘Joker Folie à Deux’ dives deep into identity, revealing how media shapes perception

American manager Todd Phillips’ 2019 iteration of Joker received precocious praise with 11 Oscar nominations on with 2 wins, including the champion histrion grant for Phoenix. Phillips returned to nonstop Joker: Folie à Deux, which is distributed by Warner Bros Pictures (WBD.O), opens a caller tab, and takes spot 2 years aft the events of the earlier film.

Phoenix reprises his relation arsenic mentally sick transgression Arthur Fleck, AKA the Joker, and vocalist Lady Gaga plays Harleen Lee Quinzel aka Harley Quinn, who is simply a diligent astatine Arkham State Hospital.

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While Fleck is institutionalised astatine Arkham, awaiting proceedings for his crimes arsenic Joker, helium and Quinzel autumn successful emotion and exemplify their feelings done music. Joker: Folie à Deux has its planetary theatrical merchandise connected October 2 and its US merchandise connected October 4. Throughout the film, Joker struggles to header with his identities arsenic some Fleck and Joker.

“Everybody astir apt tin place with this thought of possibly your existent quality oregon your backstage quality versus your presented oregon projected image,” Phoenix said. “Because we each bash that successful immoderate mode successful our ain lives,” helium added, highlighting the complexities of his character’s personas.

Lady Gaga recovered a transportation to Joker’s 2 identities erstwhile considering her ain real-life identities, arsenic some nonrecreational vocalist Lady Gaga arsenic good arsenic her commencement sanction Stefani Germanotta. “I deliberation sometimes we each marque versions of ourselves to assistance america recognize who we are,” she said. “It’s a mode for america to communicate. It’s a mode to find different way to making our mark.”

The taxable of individuality is expanded by showing however the media tin signifier however radical are perceived, which is displayed successful the movie erstwhile Joker’s tribunal lawsuit is televised.
For Phillips, Joker’s proceedings is sensationalised the aforesaid mode that the US statesmanlike statement is “sold arsenic a UFC fight,” helium said, and becomes what helium termed “nonsense” projected by the media. “If that becomes entertainment, past what is entertainment?” Phillips said. “Do you cognize what I mean? It’s similar this corruption of entertainment.”