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Jukebox musicals are the lowest form of art confirmed
How dare the Joker 2 be a jukebox musical. We were rooting for you, buddy.
Thinking about how in the Harley Quinn tv show Ivy’s pet plant Frank is meant to be an homage to Audrey II from Little Shop of Horrors, and that, that entire musical is about a sweet nerd obsessed with plants (who has a tendency towards homicide) who falls in love with this eccentric girl whose accent you could cut with a knife, and not only that but this girl has had to suffer through the abuse of her psychopathic ex boyfriend who laughs maniacally and likes to see people in pain, but once she gets away from him she comes into her own and starts to see her own self worth and the two bring out the best in each other and help heal each other’s past traumas and rejections and anyway-
My point is that Poison Ivy and Harley would dress as Audrey and Seymour for Halloween no further questions-
I NEED TO SCREAM ABOUT PAUL DANO'S RIDDLER
This is probably the first time we've seen a Riddler that's been taken seriously as a character.
Through the Arkhamverse games, for those who've played it, we all know the feeling of doing his challenges and storyline. It's tedious and obnoxious. Bonus for Arkham Knight making him look like Charlie Sheen going through a midlife crisis.
Gotham, I enjoyed, but they created him to be almost an alter ego/ split personality which I don't necessarily think is how the Riddler's brain works.
And Jim Carrey's Riddler is just... Jim Carrey being family friendly I guess. Regardless, entertaining.
Paul Dano though... he whipped out the perfect amount of obsessive psychopath and narcissism. As in, his energy really matched Heath Ledger's Joker; super chaotic and dark. Probably would have worked well in TDK.
That scene where he talks to Batman in prison was absolutely fantastic. He reminded me so much of Ed Kemper in his prison interviews. Right off the mark when we first see him unmasked, the obsession with Batman is in his eyes and never leaves. He craves that attention from him in such an unhealthy way, it's just incredible to watch and know that it's purely Dano's acting.
I'm so impressed. I really hope we get to see more of this Riddler from him in the future and I hope he gets some sort of award for this. An underrated actor overall.