On the big screen, Arthur returned to his residence.
He opened the door, walked into the apartment, and took off his coat. It could be seen that this was an older apartment, but it was very clean.
A female voice came from the room: "HAPPY? Did you check the mailbox when you came up?"
"I looked at my mother, and there was nothing!"
He took out several bottles of medicine from the bag and opened one of them. At this time, the news was being reported on TV.
The news anchor said: "Just when you thought your situation couldn't get worse, the authorities claim that the city is being attacked by a large number of rats, not just ordinary rats, but super rats that are difficult to eradicate!"
The audience at the scene was quite curious. In fact, the news reports in "Joker" are not meaningless.
The news here, the previous news, and the environment of the place Arthur passed earlier all exaggerate how bad this city is.
At this time, Arthur walked to the bedside with a small table full of food. His old mother Penny was lying on the bed, looking very haggard and weak.
Arthur put the small table on the bed, and Petunia said: "He must not have received my letter."
Arthur said as he picked up his fork and skewered the food: "He's Thomas Wayne, mother, and he's a busy man!"
Old mother Penny said with some excitement: "Please, I have worked for his family for many years, he should at least reply to a letter, right?"
Arthur had already prepared the food at this time and said: "Come on, don't get excited, let's eat!"
"You just need to eat something, you're so skinny!"
Arthur sat down aside.
Penny added: "He will definitely be a competent mayor, everyone says so!"
"Oh? Who are you? Who have you talked to?" Arthur said disapprovingly.
"It's everyone on the news. Only he can save this city. He owes us this!" Penny said.
At this time, the prelude of the talk show came on the TV. Penny patted the bed and said, "Sit here, it's about to start!"
Arthur sat on the edge of the bed and the two of them watched TV together.
A clip from a talk show is playing on the TV.
"This is Murray Franklin Live!"
The talk show started, Murray Franklin walked onto the stage, and off the stage, the audience was surprised to see Arthur sitting there.
After an opening scene, Murray Franklin unexpectedly named Arthur.
Amid the laughter of the audience, Arthur stood up from the crowd.
"What's your name?" Murray Franklin asked.
Arthur looked a little reserved and said: "Hi, Murray, Arthur, my name is Arthur."
Murray: "You're special, Arthur, I can see it. Where are you from?"
Arthur: "I'm from this city and live with my mother."
The audience burst into laughter.
Murray said: "Don't laugh, don't laugh, it's not funny. Before I became famous, I lived with my mother, and she and I depended on each other. When I was a child, my father went out to buy cigarettes and never came back."
The audience let out a sigh.
Arthur said: "Murray, I know what it's like. I have been the head of the family since I can remember. I have always taken good care of my mother."
The audience in the audience applauded.
Murray also applauded and asked: "You have done so much, she must love you very much!"
Arthur nodded: "Yes, she always told me to remember to smile and smile. She said I have a mission to spread laughter in the world!"
The audience applauded again.
Murray waved to Arthur: "I like you, I like you very much, come up, just for that point, you have to come down! Come on, come on!"
Arthur walked down from the auditorium, came to the stage, and hugged Murray. Murray patted Arthur's shoulder, held Arthur's right hand with his left hand, and raised it together to accept the applause of the audience.
Murray added: "The talk show tonight is very exciting, don't change the channel, we will be back soon!"
He whispered to Arthur: "That's great, thank you, Arthur! I really like what you just said, it makes me very happy."
Arthur also said: "Thank you, Murray!"
Murray continued: "See the lights, the sets, the audience and all that? I would give it all up to have a kid like you!"
Upon hearing this, Arthur took the initiative to hug Murray and rested his head on Murray's shoulder.
The camera returns to the apartment.
Arthur was sitting on the bed watching TV. The blue light of the TV kept shining on his face, and the corners of his mouth were drawn up into a smile.
This smile can be said to be the most genuine smile in the movie so far, no, it should be said to be the most genuine smile in the entire movie!
It’s just that the audience obviously doesn’t know.
The screen switched and we were in the small dressing room again.
Arthur was sitting in front of the locker in the corner. He was shirtless, with his back to the camera. It could be seen that his mother Penny was right, he was really skinny.
You can clearly see his extremely thin body. Skin and bones are the most appropriate way to describe Arthur.
At this time, he was pressing the clown's shoes hard with both hands, seeming to vent.
At this time, Randall walked in.
Greeting the others: "Hey, how's it going, chicks?"
An actor in makeup on the side said: "Randall, what? Another day of fun?"
"Yeah!" He walked to the locker and hung the clown costume on the wall.
Then he looked at Arthur and asked: "Are you okay? I heard that you were beaten by the sea, those damn barbarians!"
Arthur lowered his head and said: "Those are just a group of children, I shouldn't provoke them!"
Randall opened his locker and shook his head: "No, they will take everything away from you. There are a lot of crazy people out there, they are all animals!"
He looked at Arthur again, walked over and handed Arthur a brown paper bag. Arthur looked at it and asked, "What is it?"
"Take it, this is for you!"
Arthur opened it, took a look, and laughed. It turned out that there was a gun and a revolver inside.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Randall said: "You have to protect yourself outside, otherwise you will be beaten to death!"
Arthur looked at Randall and whispered: "I can't hold a gun!"
Randall shrugged: "No one will know!"
"You can give me money another day, you know I will protect you!"
As he said this, he laughed, and so did Arthur!
At this time, a dwarf came over: "Arthur, Boss Hoyt wants to see you in his office!"
Randall smiled: "Hey, Gary, you know what I'm curious about?"
Gary wondered: "What?"
"Does everyone call you mini golf, or are you just golf?"
The others burst into laughter upon hearing this.
Arthur also laughed loudly, and even laughed out loud.
However, he soon stopped.
Got dressed and walked out.
When I came to the boss's office, the boss asked: "How is your comedy career going? Have you become famous?"
"Not yet! I have been accumulating materials!" Arthur said, he was very serious.
As he said that, he was about to sit down, but was stopped by Hoyt: "No, don't sit down. The conversation will be over soon."
"Look, I like you, Arthur, and a lot of people here think you're a freak, but I like you, and I don't even know why I like you, but I got another complaint, and it's starting to piss me off,
It's from Kenny's Musical Music Store. The guy said you were missing and he hasn't even returned his billboard!"
Arthur replied: "Because I was robbed, didn't you hear?"
"Grab a billboard?" Hoyt asked.
"That's nonsense. It doesn't make sense at all. Give the billboard back, his store is going to close down, Arthur!"
Arthur asked rhetorically: "What do I want with their billboard?"
"How do I know? What other people do is none of my business? If you don't return the billboard, I will have to deduct it from your salary. Is that clear?"
Although Arthur was smiling, he said nothing.
"Listen, I'm helping you, okay?"
Arthur continued to smile, but still said nothing.
But Hoyt's voice seemed to be getting smaller and smaller: "Let me tell you one more thing, other people feel very uncomfortable when getting along with you, Arthur, because they think you are weird, understand? I
We can’t let it go, I hope this matter can be resolved!”
Arthur's grin became wider and wider, and he gradually couldn't even hear what Hoyt said.
There was a sound, and in the picture, a small alley filled with garbage came to light. Arthur stood in front of a pile of garbage. He kicked the trash can crazily, venting his anger.
Venting his dissatisfaction and anger.
But not long after, he sat on the ground a little slumped, and a train passed by on the bridge in the distance.
It's another shot similar to the one before. Arthur passes by the street he walks on every day, returns to the apartment, and opens the mailbox, but there is still nothing inside.
He came to the elevator, and when the elevator door was about to close, a voice shouted, "Wait a minute, wait a minute!"
When the elevator door was about to close, the woman stretched out her foot to block the elevator door. Her name was Sophie.
She took her daughter into the elevator.
As a result, the elevator broke down after closing the door.
Sophie complained: "This building is terrible, isn't it?"
Arthur looked at Sophie, and his daughter looked at Sophie: "This building is really bad, isn't it? Mommy?"
"Yes, we heard it!"
"It's super bad, right? Mommy?" the daughter said again.
Arthur looked at Sophie again. Sophie reached out and put a pistol against her temple, making a shooting gesture, and looked at Arthur.
Arthur curled up his lips.
The elevator door opened, and the daughter was still asking her mother, repeating the sentence, this building is really bad...
In the corridor, Sophie took her daughter towards the door of the house. Arthur also walked to the corridor, with his back to Sophie. Suddenly he turned around and shouted: "Hi!"
Sophie looked back at Arthur. Arthur also made a gesture of putting a pistol to his head and firing, then tilted his head, and Sophie smiled.
Then he and his daughter opened the door and returned to their home.
Arthur also walked to his apartment.
This encounter is equally meaningful.
In the bathroom of Arthur's apartment, his old mother Penny was lying in the bathtub, and Arthur was sitting next to the bathtub, washing Penny's hair.
"look up!"
He washed his mother Petunia's hair very seriously, and Petunia suddenly said: "Maybe it was thrown away by the postman."
"Mom? Why are these letters so important to you? What do you think he will do?" Arthur obviously couldn't understand.
"He'll help us!" Penny said.
"You were just his employee thirty years ago, why do you think he will help you?" Arthur asked.
Penny looked at Arthur firmly: "Because Thomas Wayne is a good man. If he knew that we had such a difficult life, if he saw this place, he would feel sad. I can only explain it to you this way!
"
"Mom, I don't want you to worry about money, or worry about me. Everyone says I can perform in big clubs!"
"But, HAPPY, why do you think you can do it?" Penny looked at him and asked.
"What do you mean?" Arthur didn't understand.
"Don't you have to have enough humor to be a comedian?" Penny asked.
Obviously, she didn't think her son had that ability.
Inside the apartment, it was quiet at night.
Arthur sat shirtless on the sofa, and the TV was still playing, a group of black people singing jazz: "The world is so chaotic..."
Arthur held the revolver Randall gave him in his hand. He looked at the pistol. He held the pistol, pointed it at the TV and the seat next to him, and said "BIU, BIU" in his mouth.
He stood up, holding a pistol and suddenly started dancing to the music.
While twisting and turning, he said to himself: "Hey, what's your name? Arthur... Hey, Arthur, you must be a good dancer... I know, you know
Who can’t dance?…Him!”
Arthur suddenly shot forward!
"Bang!"
There was a loud noise, and Arthur staggered in fright. He immediately got up and turned up the volume of the TV.
Penny's voice came from inside the room: "HAPPY, what's wrong? Are you okay?"
Arthur looked at the hole made by the bullet in the wall: "Mom, what did you say?"
"That sound, did you hear that sound?"
"I'm watching an old war movie!"
"Turn down your voice!"
"Sorry, Mom!"
After saying that, he went to turn off the TV.
One night passed, and the next day, the scene appeared again. It was at the school gate. Sophie and her daughter Qiqi were talking about something.
Arthur was wearing a hoodie and watching from a distance.
Sophie left, and Arthur followed. He followed Sophie all the way and watched her walk into the First National Bank of Gotham. Arthur walked across the street, but then turned around and walked away in the middle of the street.
Afterwards, Arthur came to a comedy club and watched the actors giving talk shows on stage. He carefully recorded it in a notebook with a pen in the audience. He wrote, "Always observe funny things. SQ jokes are guaranteed to be funny."
funny......"
Back home, he sat there and wrote: "The worst thing about having a mental illness is that people expect you to pretend you don't have it!"
He couldn't help but laugh!
At night, there was a knock on the door. It was Sophie. She asked Arthur if he was following her?
Arthur answered yes!
"I guess that's you. I hope you can just come in and rob!"
Arthur said: "I do have a gun, I can go there tomorrow!"
Sophie laughed: "You're hilarious, Arthur!"
Arthur chuckled: "Yeah, I'm performing a stand-up comedy. You can come to my show when you have time!"
"Okay!" Sophie said.
"Really?" Arthur was a little surprised.
"Really, tell me the time!" Sophie said.
Arthur nodded, Sophie turned and left, and walked away. Arthur stuck his head out to take a look, and then closed the door.
