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That the film Joker (2019) generated controversy should come as little surprise. Even the three men who created the Clown Prince of Crime in 1940 —Bob Kane, Bill Finger, and Jerry Robinson—could not agree who deserved the credit.1 The violent villain, formerly known as “Red Hood,” was inspired by the character “Gwynplaine” from a Victor Hugo novel and the 1928 film, The Man Who Laughs. The Joker is a jesting lawbreaker whose origi n story has taken many forms. Casual fans of the Batverse are probably most familiar with a somewhat shallow version wherein Jack Napier, a hoodlum of questionable mental stability, falls into a vat of chemical waste during a heist gone bad.
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tags: Book forum Source Type: research