Todd Phillips’ Joker has drawn controversy from the Left and Right, with some critics hailing it as a “masterpiece” and others not knowing “if it should be banned or it should be given every award.” Reviewers have tended to treat Joker as a character study of a man’s descent into madness. But by the film’s end, we’re left knowing little for certain about clown-for-hire Arthur Fleck. We do learn much, though, about the society he lives in.
Fleck’s strange qualities make him a touchstone for Gotham City, revealing the city’s festering tensions and atomized citizenry. Likewise, the Joker movie itself is a touchstone for our society, laying bare viewers’ prejudices, rank media bias, and progressives’ surrender to anti-white politics. ...
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