“Joker” is nothing to laugh at
The gritty super villain flick confuses darkness for profundity
4 min readOct 16, 2019
As the lights dimmed in my packed out screening of Joker, a movie that will no doubt fill theaters nationwide this weekend, the last thing I wanted to consider was whether the film was going to be “problematic.” That was the prevailing narrative, unavoidable thanks to extra security in the theater and a…