Saturday, January 18, 2020

Joker awards buzz

I hope Joaquin Phoenix wins the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role next month. 
Movie Director, Michael Moore, puts it best.   He starts by mocking the idea that we should be afraid of Joker when there's so much real-life horror going on in the world.

“I would suggest the opposite: The greater danger to society may be if you DON’T go see this movie. Because the story it tells and the issues it raises are so profound, so necessary, that if you look away from the genius of this work of art, you will miss the gift of the mirror it is offering us. Yes, there’s a disturbed clown in that mirror, but he’s not alone — we’re standing right there beside him. Joker is no comic book movie. The film is set somewhere in 1970s Gotham/New York City, the headquarters of all evil: the rich who rule us, the banks and corporations whom we serve, the media which feeds us a daily diet 'news' they think we should absorb.”  - Michael Moore



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