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5. The Joker is Usually Bad

I know what you’re thinking: “duh, of course he’s usually bad, he’s a bad guy”. But that’s not what I mean. I mean he’s usually badly written.

And that’s not because he’s a bad character, it’s because he’s so popular. So everyone wants to use him. And so there are a higher proportion of bad stories about him than most characters. Especially in live action.

Joker in Suicide Squad is one of the most abysmal versions of a character I’ve ever seen. It’s rare that the actor playing a villain scares me more than the villain himself but if I saw Jared Leto walking down one side of the street and his depiction of the Joker walking down the other, I know which side I’m taking.

And it’s not just that one movie. Are you guys watching Gotham? Because oh boy. I don’t know what in the hell they’re doing over there. Jerome and his twin brother are such weird versions of the Joker I’m not convinced they aren’t a secret Punch and Jewelee adaptation.