November 22, 2019
"Clown" critic: Are you kidding me?
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Batman has always been a well-deserved star in the DC Universe, and Batman have a rival, is the clown (Joker). As a typical IQ criminals, the clown is arguably one of history's most compelling villain, for decades, people have a variety of life experience background clown speculation. This year, DC launched a clown for the protagonist of the film, will present the clown twists and turns, tragic experience directly to the audience. This superhero movie "alien", actually won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival. It is a large business and those before What's the difference? It is really that good? We look at the teacher, together with Daniel.
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‘Joker’ review: Are you kidding me?
"Clown" critic: Are you kidding me?
Since its debut a few weeks ago at the Venice Film Festival, where it won the top prize, Todd Phillips’ “Joker” has stirred up quite a tempest. And what I have to say is: Are you kidding me?
A few weeks ago, "clown" premiere at the Venice Film Festival and received the highest award, and since then, Todd Phillips of this work will set off an incredible storm. And I have to say is: Are you kidding me?
Phillips, who wrote the script with Scott Silver, takes us back to the bad old days of Gotham City, when work was scarce, rats were rampant, and a garbage strike fouled the streets. Arthur Fleck is bullied by thieving poor kids and drunken rich guys, goaded to the point of murder by the meanness of the world.
Phillips and Scott Silver wrote the screenplay together, brings us back to Gotham City bad old days, when job opportunities are scarce, rodents rampant, leading to the strike no one to clean up the garbage polluted the street alley. Arthur Fleck was bullied poor child pickpockets and rich drunkard, a malicious world angered him to the point of murder.
There’s nothing wrong with any of these plot points or with the details that knit “Joker” into the familiar Batman world. The problems arise when the film revs its allegorical engine and Joaquin Phoenix tries to assemble a character from the tics and tropes he has been given.
Whether these plot points, or the "clown" and well-known Batman world in close connection with the plot details, they have no problem. But when the movie launched its "fable engine", and Joaquin Phoenix when he tried to learn little tricks and old stems "assemble" a role, the problem arises.
Skinny, twitchy and at times startlingly graceful — Phoenix is one of the modern screen’s underrated dancers — Arthur has a physical and psychological resemblance to Freddie Quell, the misfit drifter Phoenix played in “The Master.”*** But he also carries the burden of being a victimized Everyman in a parable that can’t get its story straight.
Phoenix is one of the underrated contemporary screen dancer, his interpretation of Arthur skinny, restless, but when you show amazing grace, which he played in the "master" in the strange behavior of Rangers - - Freddie Quayle, whether physically or mentally all have similarities. But Arthur also saddled with a heavy identity, that is, an ordinary victim, living in a fable can not justify in.
Arthur’s uncontrollable laughter arises from a medical condition that is possibly the result of childhood abuse. His profound alienation also arises from social inequality, the decline of civility and a slew of other causes. Rich people are awful. Poor people are awful. Joker’s embrace of radical evil becomes a kind of integrity.
Arthur uncontrolled laughter is caused by the disease, the disease may be caused by childhood abuse. He alienated the serious emotional but also by the social injustice, Ceremony Disintegration, and a host of other causes. Rich and very poor, poor and very poor. Very evil clown to join the embrace, become some kind of honest expression.
It’s hard to say if the muddle “Joker” makes of itself arises from confusion, but the result is less a depiction of nihilism than a story about nothing.*** It isn’t any fun, and it can’t be taken seriously. Is that the joke?
很难说《小丑》自身制造出的混乱状态是否是由（导演的）困惑所致，但是结果就是，与其说这部影片是一部描述虚无主义的电影，倒不如说它是一则空洞的故事。它一点都不有趣，也无法被认真地对待。或许这就是笑点所在？
重点词汇
stir up
引起，挑起
相关词汇：stir（v. 搅拌）
搭配短语：stir sugar into tea
搭配短语：stir up trouble
rampant/ˈræm.pənt/
adj. 猖獗的
例句：Pickpocketing is rampant in Paris.
foul/faʊl/
v. 弄脏，污染
词性拓展：foul（adj. 恶臭的）
搭配短语：foul polluted water
英文释义：make foul or dirty
goad/ɡoʊd/
v. 激怒；刺激
英文释义：keep annoying someone
例句：He goaded her into answering his question.
knit sth. into
使紧密结合
相关词汇：knit（v. 编织）
搭配短语：knit sweaters；knit scarves
例句：He knits dreams into his life.
rev/rev/
v.（使）加速
英文释义：to increase the operating speed of an engine while the vehicle is not moving
例句：He revs the engine.
例句：The engine revs.
allegorical/ˌæl.əˈɡɔːr.ə.kəl/
adj. 寓言的
相关词汇：allegory（n. 寓言）
搭配短语：an allegorical novel
assemble/əˈsem.bəl/
v. 组装，装配；集合
例句：People assembled outside the gates.
例句：The factory assembles airplanes.
twitchy/ˈtwɪtʃ.i/
adj. 焦躁不安的，精神紧张的
相关词汇：twitch（v. 猛地扯了一下；抽搐）
英文释义：nervous and anxious
startlingly/ˈstɑːr.t̬əlɪŋ.li/
adv. 令人吃惊地，惊人地
相关词汇：startle（v. 使大吃一惊）
例句：The telephone startled me.
相关词汇：startling（adj. 惊人的）
resemblance/rɪˈzem.bləns/
n. 相似之处
相关词汇：resemble（v. 与...相似）
例句：Arthur resembles sth.
misfit/ˈmɪs.fɪt/
n.（行为或态度）与他人迥然不同者
相关词汇：fit（adj. 合适的）
词根词缀：mis-（表否定）
victimize/ˈvɪk.tə.maɪz/
v. 迫害，使受害
相关词汇：victim（n. 受害者；遇难者；牺牲品）
get sth. straight
把…弄清楚；明确
近义词：make sth. clear
例句：Let's get things straight. I didn't lunch with him.
arise from
由于...而发生
同义词：arise out of
例句：Lots of conflicts arise from/arise out of misunderstanding.
profound/prəˈfaʊnd/
adj. 强烈的；巨大的
alienation/ˌeɪ.li.əˈneɪ.ʃən/
n. 疏离
相关词汇：alien（n. 外星人；adj. 怪异的，格格不入的）
相关词汇：alienate（v. 让...格格不入，孤立...）
英文释义：the feeling of not being part of society or a group
a slew of
大量
英文释义：a large number of
muddle/ˈmʌd.əl/
n. 混乱状态
近义词：mess
例句：My thoughts are all in a mess.
例句：My thoughts are all in a muddle.
拓展阅读
小丑和蝙蝠侠
小丑，作为美国 DC 漫画旗下经典的反派角色，早在《蝙蝠侠：黑暗骑士》、《自杀小队》等经典影片中，就有过令人印象深刻的戏份。小丑的破坏欲不与金钱或权力挂钩，他仿佛就是为了毁掉这个世界而生，他被认为是影史上最具魅力的反派角色之一。
2019 年上映的电影《小丑》讲述了一位生活陷入困境的喜剧演员小丑，滑落到罪恶深渊的经历。童年的悲惨遭遇成为小丑彻底黑化的根源，也让他在哥谭市开始了疯狂的犯罪生涯，最终成为了蝙蝠侠的宿敌。
在 2008 年克里斯托弗·诺兰执导的影片《蝙蝠侠：黑暗骑士》中，由希斯·莱杰扮演的小丑深入人心，教科书般的表演使小丑的魅力一度超过克里斯蒂安·贝尔扮演的蝙蝠侠。小丑和蝙蝠侠，一个追求无序混乱，以窥探人性为乐；一个守护正义秩序，不惜牺牲自己。两个人物都曾经历过黑暗时刻，却走向了两个不同的极端。有评论认为，蝙蝠侠和小丑是互相成就的关系，他们代表着光明和黑暗，此消彼长却又相互依存。