"The worst part of having a mental illness is
people expect you to behave as if you don't."
Joker - Bathroom Dance - Hildur Guðnadóttir
(Official Music Video)
Escape To Insanity
They say I am mad
That I am evil
And creepy
That my genes are corrupted
And my brain is deformed
That my actions are freaky
That my behavior is not the norm
They then ask me the question
“Sir why are you this way?”
I tell them as such:
“A genetic predispisation
An environment unsound
The reasons for madness
Don’t matter to me
For I believe
In the world
Of impossibility”
Wacko Schizo
Psycho and nuts
Call me whatever
I don’t mind
For I can escape
To a strange world
And leave you behind.
I’ve seen places from hell
with fires and flames
Of torture and madness
It’s name is taboo
Psychosis, psychosis
Does it scare you?
Madness, Madness
A self destruct button
That I pressed
Years ago
To blast off on a mission
To a planet
Where the aliens are free
To play with
My memories
Here things are different
Many say they are strange
Here it’s the “normals”
That are deranged
If you want to be different
If you want to be free
From logic and reason
Then come and meet me
On this strange planet called
Insanity
Joker- Send in the Clowns by Frank Sinatra
Parallel Universes
The universe I live in
Is different than yours
I will show you some day
And you will believe
In places
Where death stalks all
Where trickery takes place
Where deception is king
Where demons rule
Where everything is cruel
I came here one day
Through a black hole
Called Knowledge
And viewed the world
In a different light
When traveling through
I saw the demons
That rule everything
Everwhere
All the time
I see them here
In this parallel universe
That you cannot see
That you cannot hear
They can see
Those that are not blind
They track everyone
Who can see the light
They control me
They hear me
They see all
I want to be ignorant again
Just like you
But poisoning my mind
With strange pills
Which brainwash me
Will not let
Me be free
I wish I was blind
And could not see
This world is a curse
To everything
That I breathe
One day you may discover
This parallel world
And find yourself in
A lot of trouble
With demons
That see and hear
Everything that you do
With voices
That will torment you
Stay away from the voices
Stay away from the light
Don’t listen to them
Don’t think they exist
They will lead you here
Where I am now
With voices
And demons that I fear
Stay ignorant please
Forever more
Or the demons will come
And take your soul
Joker (Ending Credits - Soundtrack)
Moody Ending - Begin 5:14 after Frank Sinatra
The Confessions Of My Paranoia
I am the one that follows you
I am the one that knows your thoughts
I am the one that you cannot hide from
I am the one with secret plots
I am the one who tapped your phone
I am the one who whispers in your ear
I am the one who you talk to
I am the one who brings you to tears
I am the one that made you a leper
I am the one that made you feared
I am the one that made you beg
I am the one whose always near
I am the one who stole your wife
I am the one who stole your job
I am the one who stole your home
I am the one who possessed your life
Yours Forever,
Your Paranoia
Joker Music Video | Rock & Roll Part 2 - Gary Glitter
You Never Forget
20 years ago
I had no place to call home
And was “Filth on the street”
People would walk by
Not understanding
Why
A young man so seemingly
Vibrant could end up
With no place of his own
Much later
I would find myself employed
With my own domicile
A seemingly impossible task
Now I
See the so-called
“Vagrants” on the street as
Former shadows of myself
“What could have been”
I see myself
In each of them
[ MAY PLAY IN ALT-STEREO ]
Joker - Call Me Joker - Hildur Guðnadóttir (Official Video)
Joker - Call Me Joker - (Main Theme) 2019
Song - Defeated Clown
- Artist - Hildur Guðnadóttir
- Album - Defeated Clown
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Song - Call Me Joker
- Artist - Hildur Guðnadóttir
- Album - Call Me Joker
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- WMG (on behalf of WaterTower Music); UMPI, UMPG Publishing, BMI - Broadcast Music Inc., UNIAO BRASILEIRA DE EDITORAS DE MUSICA - UBEM, LatinAutor - UMPG, and 11 Music Rights Societies
Joker 2019 Soundtrack Review
REFERENCES
Wikipedia - 2019 Film: Joker
The Many Versions of Send in the Clowns
Aggression and Impulsivity in Schizophrenia
25 Poems About Schizophrenia
The Many Versions of Send in the Clowns
Aggression and Impulsivity in Schizophrenia
25 Poems About Schizophrenia
Joker (2019) Explained & Reviewed
JOKER | A Mentally Ill Loner
Joker (2019) - 'Bathroom Dance' scene
One of the things that makes this film different from the usual comic book formula is that the score isn't prominent. It's lurking in the background, adding to the audience's feeling of uneasiness. Except in this scene. In this scene, which is an important step on Arthur's journey towards becoming Joker, the score takes centre stage, albeit without much fanfare.
Joker: Explained
JOKER Ending Explained! Hidden Evidence of Final Twist Revealed!
(How does the final scene reframe the film's whole narrative?)
Joker Director Finally Explains That Last Crucial Scene
Arthur Fleck's biggest joke just might be the one he pulled on you. Joker director Todd Phillips recently made a few very interesting comments to the Los Angeles Times about the final scene of the movie comments that imply a bizarre truth about the story being presented. In case that's not warning enough, be advised that major spoilers for Joker lie ahead.
Joaquin Phoenix's Arthur is depicted early and often as having a tenuous grip on reality. The film eventually lets on that it's not always clear which events are fantasy and which are reality not to the audience, and presumably not to Arthur.
At the end, Arthur is seen with his psychiatrist in Arkham State Hospital after he has apparently killed his mother, incited a riot, shot Murray Franklin on live television, and escaped from police custody with the help of his clown-masked followers. As the shrink attempts to question him, Arthur simply laughs, telling her that she wouldn't get the joke. According to Phillips, it's this particular laugh that might hold a clue about the true nature of the story that just unfolded. He explained,
"That laugh in that scene is really the only time he laughs genuinely. There are different laughs in the movie. There is the laugh from Arthur's affliction and then there is his fake laugh when he's trying to be 'one of the people,' which is my favorite laugh. But at the end, when he's in the room at Arkham State Hospital, that's his only genuine laugh in the movie."
Why is that, exactly? Well, perhaps because in the end, the joke is on us, the audience. Phillips has said that one of the main influences on his film was The Killing Joke, the acclaimed 1988 graphic novel in which the Joker says that if he must have a past, he, quote, "[prefers] it to be multiple choice." The director made a direct allusion to this dialogue in suggesting that as many fans have speculated Arthur Fleck might not necessarily be who we think he is. Phillips said,
"There are lots of ways you could look at this movie. You could look at it and go, 'This is just one of his multiple-choice stories. None of it happened.' I don't want to say what it is. But a lot of people I've shown it to have said, 'Oh, I get it he's just made up a story. The whole movie is the joke. It's this thing this guy in Arkham Asylum concocted. He might not even be the Joker.'"
Phillips went on to state outright that the man who will become Batman's nemesis may simply be in the background somewhere, watching all of these events play out. He said,
"Maybe Joaquin's character inspired the Joker. You don't really know. His last line in the movie is, 'You wouldn't get it.' There's a lot going on in there that's interesting."
Phoenix himself also explained that Joker can be seen not so much as a straightforward narrative, but as a series of suggestions. Keep watching the video to see that the Joker director finally explains that last crucial scene!
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Joker (2019) | Mental Health and Personality Analysis
Dr. Todd Grande
This video answers the questions: can I analyze the mental health and personality characteristics of Joker? Is the movie Joker dangerous? Is the movie Joker a good film?
Psychopathy:
There are two types of psychopathy: Factor 1 (primary, interpersonal affective) and Factor 2 (lifestyle, antisocial) psychopathy.
Factor 1 psychopathy has characteristics like grandiosity, pathological lying, manipulation, a superficial charm, callous, unemotional, low neuroticism and lack of guilt or remorse.
Factor 2 psychopathy has a parasitic lifestyle, being prone to boredom, sensation seeking, impulsivity, irresponsibility, a failure to have long term goals, poor behavioral controls, and criminal versatility.
Antisocial personality disorder:
1. Repeated unlawful behaviors
2. Consistent deceitfulness
3. Impulsivity, poor planning
4. Aggressiveness, physical fights
5. Reckless disregard for safety
6. Consistent irresponsibility
7. Lack of remorse
Narcissistic personality disorder:
This is a disorder listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM). The definition for this disorder contains nine symptom criteria, five of which are required for diagnosis.
1. A grandiose sense of self-importance
2. preoccupation with exaggerated fantasies of success, power, and beauty
3. believing oneself to be special or unique
4. requiring excessive admiration
5. having a sense of entitlement
6. manipulating others interpersonally
7. lacking empathy
8. being envious of others
9. being arrogant, pretentious, or supercilious
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Joker: A Poem
by Jimmy Reilly
Dec 17, 2019
The State University of New York at Stony Brook
*A poem using one line for each step in the
iconic staircase used in the 2019 film, Joker.
132 stairs.
An iconic case.
No one cares
until his face
was theirs
that no one will erase.
Arthur Fleck:
The man, myth, and legend.
The Joker of the deck.
Some follow, many questioned.
Peace, he will wreck
with his vengeance.
120 steps to go.
The higher you climb
the less you know.
The clown prince of crime
travels to and fro
marking these steps sublime.
And each day
he brings more chaos
coming your way,
never taking a hiatus.
Into the fray in
need of a seance.
108 steps remain
but even more
have been slain.
Just like that another score.
Another body, more pain.
He is causing a war.
The streets of the city
are flooded with clowns
and overcome with pity.
The towns have no grounds
To stop someone so shitty
Even with the siren sounds.
96 stairs are left.
Dancing all the way down
his footwork very deft.
Overshadowing his frown,
is the way he's dressed
with the makeup of a clown.
I wonder what he's doing
and what he's up to,
and where he's going
and what's going through
his mind, clearly flowing.
I wish I knew.
84 steps go on
and all you want
is to run
before he comes to haunt
and you'll be done
So nonchalant
and even more scary
that this is how it is. Whether,
it's a president or a secretary
lighter than a feather
Is all the weight death can now carry.
We must all come together.
72 stairs now.
I see all his fans.
Nothing can be done somehow.
He's got too many plans
to allow
and way too many hands.
On the 66th level
Now half way there
is the number of the devil.
Halfway to a prayer
That can cause revel
or at least get us out of his lair.
60 stairs that's all.
I can see the top.
I do my best not to fall
and then I see a cop.
I can already smell a brawl
It's best for him to just stop.
No amount of backup
Can take down the Joker.
Any tension and he'll light up
like the cigarette of a smoker.
He's the storm in his mother's teacup
So much so that he broke her.
48 steps is all it takes.
You see a mask on the ground.
But you don't know the stakes.
You want to wear the thing you found,
but would that enter you in the clown sweepstakes?
Either way, you feel bound.
You put it around your face.
It masks your fear.
You now feel safe in this place.
You won't get hurt here.
You really drew the ace.
And into the crowd, you disappear.
36 more steps allowed.
You finally have a voice
That speaks loud
Through its actions of choice.
You feel proud.
Wanting to rejoice.
You fit in with the rest.
And you start to feel
like one of the best,
It's all becoming so real.
Embarking on this unplanned quest
was such a big deal.
24 stairs, you're so close.
But even closer to following
under your new purpose that arose.
You're done wallowing
with sorrow that no one knows.
Instead you take your pride and start swallowing.
You have a chance
to make a change
to follow this clown and dance
And become a little deranged.
He's got me in a trance
but a voice is what I get in exchange.
12 stairs to come.
You're just about done.
Nervous of what you'll become.
You decide to run.
Everything around you makes you numb.
In the big group, you feel like one.
What started off as chaotic
Has now shifted
into something extremely hypnotic.
And for this you feel gifted
for the clown that's psychotic
whose purpose has been lifted.
Higher than this staircase
Which you have just finished climbing with grace.
