Folie à Deux as ‘ruin porn’ – how the new sequel plays with duplication and disintegration
- Written by Anna-Sophie Jürgens, Senior Lecturer in Science Communication (Pop Culture Studies), Australian National University
WarnerLike two-headed playing cards, Joker stories are about dual identity, doubles and duplicity.
Throughout DC comics and films, the Joker turns others into facsimiles of himself, grinning widely. He shares his state of mind through infectious laughter and mass “clownification”, creating copies as he goes.
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