"I don’t think the Joker had free will, given his life. He was a walking time bomb waiting to explode—all it took was some significant life stress, beatings up, losing a job. You’ve got nothing left.… The well-documented risk factors—this was [the character’s] destiny. No one is born into that kind of violence."
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Adrian Raine in Julie Miller, “Leading Neurocriminologist Considers Joker “a Great Educational Tool”, (October 14, 2019).
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Joker (2019 film)
Joker is a 2019 American psychological thriller film. The film, based on DC Comics characters, stars Joaquin Phoenix as the Joker. An origin story set in 1981, the film follows Arthur Fleck, a failed stand-up comedian who turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City. It was followed by 2024 sequel, Joker: Folie à Deux.
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