(sub)Text: A Discussion of Todd Phillips’ Film ‘Joker’

Wes Alwan and William Sharp (psychoanalyst and professor at Northeastern) discuss the film at the Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis.  Why has this film done so well? It offers no spectacle, and good doesn't triumph. It is psychologically true and expertly performed. The audience can enjoy tragedy and identify deeply with a social outcast and villain. The film successfully exploits the relationship between humor and violence, and comedy and tragedy. Listen to more (sub)Text. The post (sub)Text: A Discussion of Todd Phillips’ Film ‘Joker’ first appeared on The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast.