JOKER: Joaquin Phoenix's Arthur Fleck Dances To High Praise In This New Critics TV Spot

Nice tv spots.

Still trying to get a grasp on which mental illness he's supposed to have. Is he clinically depressed? Is supposed to be pushed too far? Is he and introvert with psychopathic tendencies? I'd doubt that with all of the dancing. Is he a manic depressive with bipolar disorder? That might better explain his inner Cary Grant coming to light.

The FBI ended up killing most my anticipation for this

So the FBI and the US military have issued warnings about credible threats against theaters showing this from the incel community. So there’s that. Gotta love a film that has the army advising you to identify multiple escape routes if you go to see it.

OT: Don't read Harleen.

It's well written, changes Quinn's Mad Love origin just enough to make it both familiar yet different to keep it interesting; For one she's actually intelligent instead of maybe smart. Like, she's smart, but just can't make good decisions. Referring Mad Love again, they keep her ... activities from that, but change it enough to make it less about malicious manipulations but just a genuinely bad decision. One with actual consequences, one that she understands and accepts, and best one that she accepts as a mistake and doesn't let it bring her (too) down. She's not the passenger of her own story here, just being swept from one event to another but actively walking down the path herself. It's well written, the art is good, and the first issue makes you wanting more. It's pretty damn great overall.

So why not read it? Because it's a limited mini, and an Elseworld to boot and once that dawns on you you'll remember that you're still stuck with the crap that has become of the character since Nu52, and realize once Harleen is done it'll probably never be referred to again while Nu52 will live on and you're left even more miserable. Save yourself the trouble.