{"id":20921,"date":"2020-03-25T19:18:39","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T02:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=20921"},"modified":"2020-03-31T14:23:12","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T21:23:12","slug":"tcn-original-the-man-the-myth-the-joker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=20921","title":{"rendered":"[TCN Original] The Man, The Myth, The JOKER"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The long awaited, highly anticipated Batman: Three Jokers<\/strong> miniseries is set to hit comic book stores this summer. Writer Geoff Johns<\/strong> and artist Jason Fabok<\/strong> say they have completed<\/a> their work and that the first issue will be seen June 17th, of course, pending any delays caused by the notorious Covid-19 virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johns and Fabok teased the idea of Joker\u2019s origin<\/a>, or multiple origins at that, in Justice League #50 and DC Universe Rebirth #1. Three Jokers, from three eras. Rumored to be the Joker from Golden Age, the Joker that took the crowbar to young Jason Todd, and the Joker from The Killing Joke. The latter two drastically changed the future for Todd, the Gordons, and Bruce Wayne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In anticipation of the comic book miniseries, lets take a look at the top three modern day Jokers that have graced the silver screen, the \u201cTelly\u201d, and the video game world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jack Nicholson: Batman 1989<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Fresh off the wildly popular Beetlejuice<\/em>, Tim Burton<\/strong> brings his off the wall, dark yet colorful style to Gotham City. Burton does an amazing job encapsulating Gotham in a quite literal dark, gloomy, and crime ridden setting that the shining contrast throughout the film is Jack Nicholson<\/strong>\u2019s Joker. From the green hair, white makeup, red lips, purple suit to his over-the-top smile, to his deathly pranks and charismatic stature, the villainous Joker in 1989 is, oddly enough, the bright spot to the city shrouded in darkness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Burton takes liberties in creating his own origin for the character. Instead of having Joe Chill as the thug to murder Thomas and Martha Wayne, he lets Jack Napier be the one to pull the trigger. Thus \u201ccreating\u201d Batman in a young Bruce Wayne looking for vengeance. This also helped Burton build up the drama between hero and villain as the Joker blames Batman for creating him! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Burton and Nicholson, at the time, created the quintessential big-screen Joker. Far from the campy comedic tone of Cesar Romero\u2019s take on the Clown Prince, Nicholson\u2019s gangster takes a dip in the green acid and pops out a homicidal maniac. He did everything you\u2019d want to see from the Joker. Electrocuting handshake, flower squirting poison, chattering teeth, oversized hand gun, handgun with a \u201cbang\u201d flag that pops out, etc. He had a good time being brutal, he shoots his \u201cnumber one guy\u201d (Bob) without a hesitation, gangsters were scared of him, the city Gotham was in terror, and yet he got them all out for a parade with his charisma (and a million dollars). His jokes are twisted and witty, he kills without remorse but with a laugh, and he gives us the best quote, in my opinion, of any Joker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHave you ever danced with the Devil in the pale moonlight?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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