A lot of people are talking about those lines in "Joker," especially this one: "There's nothing more that people want than to make you act like a normal person."
Falton also interpreted this line in the same way: "So what is the meaning of this sentence? It means that if you unfortunately suffer from mental illness, it is not the most painful. The most painful thing is to behave like a normal person and not be able to
Complete freedom from your own mental illness.
Arthur wrote with his left hand representing the clown: "People want you to behave like a normal person." It is a signal of the clown's awakening and struggle, because the clown does not need to behave like a normal person, otherwise how could he
It's called a clown.
Let's go a little deeper. When Arthur was chatting with the female social worker at the beginning of the film, she saw a repeated mark in Arthur's diary that read in bold: "My death will make my life more valuable."
Judging from the font, it was written by Arthur with his right hand. This is Arthur's pessimistic fatalism, written for himself and the clown in his heart.
This sentence has two meanings. The first meaning is that Arthur can be liberated through death, and liberation is valuable to Arthur.
The second meaning is that the clown can be reborn through death, thereby realizing the clown's own value.
This sentence can be said to be used throughout the entire movie. At the end, the relationship between Arthur and the Joker is concluded through this sentence. Don't worry, we will continue to talk about the deeper meaning of this sentence later.
After Arthur got a gun, he accidentally exposed the gun while doing a clown performance at a children's hospital. Randall, who had always been close friends with Arthur, stabbed Arthur at a critical moment. He reported it to his boss and Arthur
Got fired.
This move pushed Arthur a big step closer to the abyss of clowning.
The clown in Arthur officially made his debut when Arthur met three bad financial men on the subway. At this time, Arthur's laughter syndrome broke out again at an untimely time. The three financial men sang "Glennis"
.Jones' "Enter the Clowns" send in the clowns, slowly approaching Arthur.
The choice of the song "Enter the Clown" also clearly hints at the debut of Arthur's inner clown.
So, Arthur finally drew his gun and quickly killed the three men. At this time, Arthur shot the left hand that represented the clown. This also implies that the person who shot at this time was the clown in Arthur's heart.
When Arthur ran to the toilet, he danced a very artistic dance. During the dance, Arthur was extremely calm and calm. In other words, Arthur in the toilet at this time was the clown in his heart. The clown was completing a murder.
The final ceremony. Finally, Arthur (the clown) faced the mirror, spread his hands, and completed the clown's debut ceremony.
At this time, the camera of the film cleverly focuses on Arthur in the mirror, implying that although the clown makes his debut, he is still just the clown in the mirror and has not yet completed his full engulfment of the real Arthur.
When did the Joker actually devour Arthur?
I think it was Arthur's first murder, which made Arthur more confident, and gave Arthur the courage to run and kiss Sophie, his neighbor in the corridor whom he had a crush on for a long time.
Yes, Arthur and Sophie's acquaintance and falling in love were also lies and fantasies based on Arthur's complete obscenity.
If Arthur's fantasy about Murray is the desire for ideals and fatherly love, then Arthur's fantasy about Sophie is Arthur's need to be recognized by normal people.
Sophie is a normal person who works in a bank and has a young daughter. However, in the lives of both mother and daughter, they lack a husband and a father. At this time, Arthur, who has been secretly in love with Sophie for a long time, just uses him.
My own fantasy filled the void of Sophie's mother and daughter's husband and father, and I also gained a great sense of recognition and satisfaction from it.
The film shows Arthur and Sophie meeting in the elevator for the first time. Arthur sees Sophie taking her daughter into the elevator. The elevator is interrupted. This is the beginning of Arthur's hallucination about Sophie.
Sophie complained because the elevator was interrupted, and then interacted with Arthur. Sophie compared her hand to a gun and committed suicide. In fact, none of this happened at all. These were all imagined by Arthur himself.
Because later when Arthur entered Sophie's house, Arthur made the same gesture of committing suicide with a gun, and Sophie was horrified. This shows that Arthur did not learn this action from Sophie at all.
Furthermore, don't forget the motto in Arthur's diary: "My death will make my life more valuable." This sentence itself has the meaning of suicide.
Later, Arthur also fantasized about Sophie going to the club to support his talk show, Sophie accompanying him shopping, the two happily chatting at donuts, Sophie accompanying Arthur's mother who had suffered a stroke in the hospital, etc.
These all hint at Arthur's extreme desire to be recognized by normal people in terms of companionship and emotions.
Wrapped in Sophie's fantasy lies, Arthur briefly appears to be full of hope for life. There is a scene in the film where Arthur and his mother are dancing in the living room after returning from a date. The ending song of Murray's program is playing on the TV.
It's "This Is Life" by Frank Sinatra.
The melody and lyrics of this song both express a positive and optimistic attitude. One of the lyrics is roughly translated as: "I was shot down in May, but I know I will change this tone. When I get back to the top,
That will be June."
What this song wants to express is that difficulties are only temporary, life is full of ups and downs, and this is life.
But in turn, Arthur's many fantasies about Sophie are also a manifestation of serious schizophrenia. This also indicates that the clown is slowly devouring Arthur, because when Sophie's fantasy lies are exposed, Arthur's
The blow is huge.
Moreover, Arthur not only fantasized about Sophie, but during the talk show in the club, Arthur had a fit of laughter as soon as he came on stage. Obviously this was a failed performance, but as the background music "Smile" played,
Arthur's performance brought laughter to the audience.
When the song "Smile" sounded, it was Arthur's hallucination that started. According to the reality, Arthur had a laughing disorder when he came on stage. Coupled with his jokes that were not funny, the performance was bound to end in failure.
At this time, Arthur chose to deceive himself, imagining that in addition to Sophie's presence and support, he also imagined the success of his performance.
The song "Smile" comes from Chaplin's "Modern Times". The first line of the lyrics is: "When your heart hurts, you still have to smile."
It can be seen that this song is very suitable for the occasion. Arthur's successful performance in the club at this time is just an illusion of self-comfort.
Regarding Arthur's imaginary hallucinations, I once suspected that Arthur's female social worker was also the object of Arthur's imaginary imagination.
First of all, let’s look at the profession of female social workers. It represents a positive and positive attitude, and is the outlet for Arthur’s inner desire to talk. When was this outlet closed?
It was when the Joker first appeared, after Arthur killed three financial men.
Arthur went to see the female social worker for the second time, but the female social worker informed Arthur that psychological counseling would be interrupted due to budget cuts.
Arthur also had a showdown with the female social worker for the first time, saying that his mind was full of negative emotions now, which also metaphorically symbolized that the clown was constantly devouring Arthur's remaining positive attitude.
It is worth noting that when Arthur consulted for the first time, the clock hanging on the wall in the office showed 11:10.
When the female social worker asked Arthur where it would be better to stay, Arthur said that it would be better in a mental hospital. At this time, the scene switched to the mental hospital, and Arthur hit the door of the ward. At this time, there was also a clock hanging on the wall of the ward.
The time is also 11:10.
And Arthur's dress is exactly the same as when Arthur was in the hospital at the end. This coincidence of time implies that the scene with the female social worker is fake.
More importantly, when Arthur first met with the female social worker, Arthur had an epileptic fit and laughed wildly. Although the female social worker looked embarrassed, it could be seen that she was aware of Arthur's condition.
But at the end, when Arthur and the female social worker met, Arthur laughed wildly due to epilepsy. The female social worker actually asked what was so funny. It seemed that the female social worker and Arthur were meeting for the first time.
Therefore, many doubts can be felt. The female social worker is the positive mirror of Arthur's fantasy, but when Arthur's inner clown continues to grow, this mirror is broken, so it becomes what is shown in the film, and Arthur is interrupted.
Counseling and discontinuation of medication.
What is mentioned above is that the clown in Arthur's heart devours Arthur's inner spirit, and the impact of the reality part crushes Arthur from the outside.
Arthur's mother, Penny, was Thomas Wayne's servant when she was young. Now that mother and son are in dire straits, Penny wants to get help from Thomas Wayne by writing a letter.
And one of the letters was opened by Arthur and peeked, and Arthur learned a shocking secret: Batman's father, Thomas Wayne, the richest and most powerful man in Gotham City, was actually Arthur's father.
Arthur is actually Thomas Wayne's illegitimate son, and Arthur believed it to be true at first.
This secret is complicated for Arthur. On the one hand, Arthur is excited to finally know his biological father, but on the other hand, he does not have a good impression of Thomas Wayne.
Thomas Wayne's indifference to their mother and son's request for help made Arthur unhappy. Coupled with the fact that Arthur shot and killed three financial men in the subway before, the whole country regarded the clown as a hero, and the citizens' hatred of the rich increased, leading to Gotham's
The city fell.
Thomas Wayne, who was running for mayor at this time, made remarks about clowns being cowards and the scourge of chaos. These made Arthur sneer at Thomas Wayne's ignorance and arrogance. At the same time, Arthur also had many questions that he needed to confront Wayne about.
So Arthur went to the Wayne Mansion, and Arthur finally had his first intimate contact with Bruce. We can see that after Arthur met Bruce, he performed magic tricks for Bruce, and his performance was normal, but then Arthur
Put a smile on the lovely Bruce's face.
Because at this time Arthur had already assumed that he was a member of the Wayne family, and he seemed to have some hope for life and the future. When Arthur saw his "half-father" Bruce, he naturally expressed his expression by performing magic tricks and clowning.
It's like Arthur making faces for the kids in the front row on the bus.
Arthur pulled Bruce's mouth into a smile because he thought that his younger brother Bruce, who had the same blood relationship, should understand what he was going through. Arthur himself was a painful person who often made smiley faces, so he felt that Bruce should feel that his brother
of pain.
At this time, Butler Afu came to stop Arthur, and Afu actually knew Penny, but Afu told Arthur that his mother suffered from mental delusion, and Thomas Wayne and Penny were not passionately in love, nor did they give birth to a child.
Arthur, these are all Penny's own imagination. When Arthur was a child, Penny was sent to Arkham Asylum.
This blow dealt a heavy blow to Arthur, who had originally found the spark of fire, but was struck back again by the ruthless reality.
At this time, Arthur's mother was hospitalized due to a stroke. On the TV in the hospital, Murray's program also mocked Arthur's previous talk show where he was embarrassed at the club. Arthur's inner image of Murray's father also collapsed.
It is worth mentioning that when he was in the hospital, two police detectives investigated Arthur. In the end, the detectives questioned whether Arthur's laughter syndrome was real or fake. Arthur replied, what do you think?
Arthur's answer seems impatient, but it is actually very meaningful and open to interpretation. As we said earlier, Arthur has always had a clown in his heart, and he is constantly trying to devour and control Arthur.
The iconic feature of the clown, in addition to the smile on his mouth, is the clown's creepy laughter, and Arthur's laughter disorder is also very disturbing to hear.
Let us review the moments when Arthur developed laughter syndrome, which happened to be when Arthur wanted to be recognized by society and people.
For example, on the bus, Arthur made funny faces for a child. When Arthur was trying to explain to the child's mother, the laughter attack occurred. This can be understood as the clown in Arthur who wanted everyone on the bus to dislike Arthur.
For example, during psychological consultation, Arthur suffered from epilepsy, as if the inner clown was preventing Arthur from receiving treatment.
For example, in the subway, Arthur suddenly suffered from laughter syndrome and provoked three financial men. This can also be understood as the clown trying to stir up trouble, thus breaking through Arthur's tolerance, stimulating Arthur's anger, and shooting three men.
Finance man.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Another example is that when Arthur and Thomas Wayne met later, just when Arthur tried to tell Thomas his inner feelings, the laughter attack occurred, and Arthur
The clown in Arthur wanted to prevent Arthur and Thomas from communicating.
All of Arthur's various manifestations of laughter syndrome correspond to the actions of Arthur's inner clown. So, is Arthur faking it? Maybe not. But is laughter disorder a purely physical disease? Maybe it's not.
no.
So we can understand that the meaning of Arthur's laughter syndrome is the laughter of the clown in Arthur.
Penny's stroke made Arthur try to find Thomas Wayne again, and Thomas happened to hold a charity dinner in his Wayne Mansion, which was filled with powerful and upper-class people.
Ironically, outside the dinner, there was a group of citizens wearing clown masks, protesting against the inaction of the rich towards Gotham City and their ignorance of poverty and suffering.
Arthur walked through the crowd and waved his hands, but we can see that Arthur was not interested in these highly political activities at all, he just found it fun and interesting. After all, this whole thing was caused by
He rises.
Arthur later found Thomas Wayne in the toilet. Thomas said he could give it if he wanted an autograph. Haha, I believe only an arrogant and narcissistic person can say this.
In the end, instead of confirming that Thomas was his father, Arthur learned from Thomas that Arthur was actually adopted.
This shocking news almost completely enveloped Arthur's inner clown. After Arthur returned home, he made a strange move, that is, he took everything out of the refrigerator and hid in the refrigerator.
I understand this performance art to mean that Arthur wants to freeze himself, or that the clown in Arthur's heart is forming a cocoon and hatching, waiting for transformation. The white and cold refrigerator is the cocoon formed by the clown.
When Arthur knew the truth about himself and his mother Penny, the little spark that Arthur had left in life was wiped out. At this time, Arthur's laughter attack happened again, but this time Arthur was in the hospital.
He laughed loudly at the top of the stairs without stopping himself.
