As a mental health provider, and film enthusiast, I appreciate your thoughts on this. I've seen far too many, working in the system here in NYC, not doing their best as they navigate direct care with our society's most ill and most vulnerable. It's complicated for sure, but also disheartening to witness. Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us here.
You make some really good points here. This movie got a lot of backlash for trying to instigate violence and chaos in the world when, as you point out, it was simply mirroring those parts of our society that slip between the cracks and are reduced to violence and chaos because of it. The idea of weaponizing trickery is really interesting too because there's nothing worse than being tricked or having someone use your own flaws against you. So, it makes for a creative and super effective tool in the joker/devil character. Great post!
As a mental health provider, and film enthusiast, I appreciate your thoughts on this. I've seen far too many, working in the system here in NYC, not doing their best as they navigate direct care with our society's most ill and most vulnerable. It's complicated for sure, but also disheartening to witness. Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us here.
Thank you for sharing your words of experience.
You make some really good points here. This movie got a lot of backlash for trying to instigate violence and chaos in the world when, as you point out, it was simply mirroring those parts of our society that slip between the cracks and are reduced to violence and chaos because of it. The idea of weaponizing trickery is really interesting too because there's nothing worse than being tricked or having someone use your own flaws against you. So, it makes for a creative and super effective tool in the joker/devil character. Great post!
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