Joke’s On Us: Phillips Composes an Empty, Boring Spectacle
Kudos to Todd Phillips for forcing US audiences to be confronted with the intriguing subtitle for his highly anticipated sequel, Joker: Folie à Deux, a psychiatric term from 19th century French psychiatrist Charles Lasegue, which means ‘madness of two.’ But the shared delirium implied of the toxic romance at the heart of the narrative really applies to anyone who’s impressed by this interminably vacuous sequel to Phillip’s 2019 Joker, which surprisingly won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and took home a Best Actor Academy Award for Joaquin Phoenix.… Read the rest
