Joker

Joker

The Joker was created by Bill Finger, Bob Kane, and Jerry Robinson in Batman #1. The character was inspired by Gwynplaine, from the movie The Man Who Laughs and a drawing of a playing card sketched by Robinson. The writers wanted The Joker to be a long lasting character, and he was. The Joker was portrayed to be a “remorseless serial killer” with his own thought process. Throughout the 1950s the murderous, crazed killer was lightened up to be more of a jokester. This aura of humor carried on even into today’s Jokers. One of the more notable, lighter, Jokers was played by Cesar Romero in the 1960’s Batman television show and movie starring Adam West. The most well known Joker, who was not so light, was played by Heath Ledger in the The Dark Knight film starring Christian Bale.

Joker back-story: No one knows. The Joker’s true identity remains a mystery and with that his story is unknown. I think that’s part of the reason that he is so much scarier than the others, with out a back-story, he becomes almost soulless and inhumane.

The Telegraph talks about The Joker in Dark Knight and how he may have made the movie unfit for the eyes of children. Check it out here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/2461820/Our-attitude-to-violence-is-beyond-a-joke-as-new-Batman-film-The-Dark-Knight-shows.html
The author writes, "[the film has a] sustained level of intensely sadistic brutality throughout the film." Please go on, Telegraph author. You wouldn't take your child to see this? Explain. Because "A man's face is filleted by a knife, and another's is burned half off. A man's eye is slammed into a pencil. A bomb can be seen crudely stitched inside another man's stomach, which subsequently explodes. A trussed-up man is bound to a chair and set alight atop a pile of banknotes." I understand. It is pretty gruesome. Oh but what was that last part? You said "[Christopher Nolan] has tried instead to make the violence and fear as believable as possible, and in this he has succeeded." DING DING DING. So is the movie so violent and unbelievable that you wouldn't want your child to see? Or is the movie violent and too realistic for your child to see because you want him/her to live a sheltered life and not know how bad the world can be? Violent or realistic? I know my answer. What's yours?