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Note: This is an ending explainer.
Spoilers for the ending ofJoker: Folie a Deux,which is now streaming on Max.
And its not just scary, but also sad.
At least, he was never the Joker who fights Batman.
We were never watching an origin story at all.
Everything about the first movie builds Arthur up to be the Joker, because why wouldnt it?
Because, I dont know, Todd Phillips is bored?
He wanted a twist?
To a viewer like myself, this is a matter of semantics.
To Lee, its a betrayal.
She was only ever horny forJoker,not for a guy named Arthur whois Joker.
This young inmate is also clearly disappointed in him.
The jury makes their decision and sentences Arthur to death, and whats worse, Lady Gaga dumps him.
Could it be Lady Gaga, coming to break him out?
Or his prosecutor Harvey Dent, revealing himself for the first time as Two-Face?
The two Joaquin PhoenixJokerfilms were not an origin story of the DC Universes Batman-fighting Joker.
Its an act of senseless violence.
Its … a gotcha punchline.
It was Todd Phillips.
Making these movies Joker-fied him.
Hes sowing chaos and playing a dirty Jokers trick.
Thats what this ending is!
Thats the message, thats the point, thats what hes trying to tell us!
Someone call Commissioner Gordon and lock this guy up!
This movie was a two-hander, but not between Phoenix and Gaga.
It was between Phoenix and Phillips.
He was right under our noses this whole time.
Todd Phillips is Joker.
Thats what the ending means.
