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The Real Reason The Media Hates "Joker" Is That They're The Real Star Of The Film
The verdict is out. With a 90% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, and the largest October box office opening ever ($93.5 million to be exact), "Joker" is, without a doubt, a success.
By Zoey Carter2 min read
Weeks before the movie's release, we were told that Joker was so dangerous that the FBI was monitoring shooting threats ahead of the movie's opening. Sarah Hagi wrote in a column for the Globe and Mail: "Joker is the antihero the alienated and angry have been waiting for, and that's precisely the problem. I yawn at the idea of another story in which white men are offered a sort of understanding for their violence."