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3. What’s the Plot?

This is another question that falls in line with a lot of the points I’ve been raising so far.

Because they all come from the idea that you can’t build a movie around this character. But what’s the story with all this? Obviously, the movie as planned is going ahead with a Joker origin story. But we’ve already discussed why that’s an idea that does not work in any real way.

So what story do you tell with the Joker if not an origin? Do you tell a random story about him fighting Batman? Because if you do, do you have him lose? Do you tell a story about him and Harley Quinn? Well no, because that’s more her story than his. Otherwise you’re telling a story about an abusive relationship and making the abuser your main character.

And that’s a very bad look in general.