Anyone who doesn't mention the 1953 musical shown in the movie The Band Wagon and the legend of Faust did not get the movie. Those are the central metaphors, they are texturally supported and obvious, and anyone who doesn't see the similarities just isn't looking any deeper than the surface. It is they, the audience who only cares for spectacle and ignores nuance and true meaning in art, that the movie is made to criticize, not real fans. I should know, I am a forty year comics fan and I have even performed as the comics Joker in some very telling stories of his character, I know him well and I loved the movie on every level. This reviewer, like most others, is completely wrong. The story is one of Arthur becoming the Joker again because of Harley's love, giving her a child mirroring the Faust legend, then sacrificing his character of the Joker to cast off his demonic power and redeem himself, leading Harley to raise her baby to be the true Joker in the future, to fight the Batman we saw set up. I prove all this on my channel, but I don't do reviews and so only a hundred people have seen it. It also mirrors the plot of The Band Wagon with Fred Astaire becoming a star onstage again and redefining his stage show as Joker redefined his courtroom show, I mean these metaphors are in the movie and right there, That's Entertainment ties both shows together and the music class explains how musicals function, yet people are immune to understanding if it requires the slightest amount of work, like looking up sources and examining layers of metaphor. Todd proved that much, at least, and the truth is that most of you would not get it. These guys sure as heck didn't.
Anyone who doesn't mention the 1953 musical shown in the movie The Band Wagon and the legend of Faust did not get the movie. Those are the central metaphors, they are texturally supported and obvious, and anyone who doesn't see the similarities just isn't looking any deeper than the surface. It is they, the audience who only cares for spectacle and ignores nuance and true meaning in art, that the movie is made to criticize, not real fans. I should know, I am a forty year comics fan and I have even performed as the comics Joker in some very telling stories of his character, I know him well and I loved the movie on every level. This reviewer, like most others, is completely wrong. The story is one of Arthur becoming the Joker again because of Harley's love, giving her a child mirroring the Faust legend, then sacrificing his character of the Joker to cast off his demonic power and redeem himself, leading Harley to raise her baby to be the true Joker in the future, to fight the Batman we saw set up. I prove all this on my channel, but I don't do reviews and so only a hundred people have seen it. It also mirrors the plot of The Band Wagon with Fred Astaire becoming a star onstage again and redefining his stage show as Joker redefined his courtroom show, I mean these metaphors are in the movie and right there, That's Entertainment ties both shows together and the music class explains how musicals function, yet people are immune to understanding if it requires the slightest amount of work, like looking up sources and examining layers of metaphor. Todd proved that much, at least, and the truth is that most of you would not get it. These guys sure as heck didn't.
weak start horrible video