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Podcast: The Kulturecast
Episode: Joker
Description: We take a break from 2001: A Horrotober Odyssey to take a look at a film that is in the running for the most controversial film of 2019: Joker. The film follows Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck, a mentally disturbed man whose life is falling apart around him. Unable to make a name for himself in the world of clowns for hire, Arthur slips farther and farther into insanity, possibly becoming the famous clown prince of Gotham in the process. Similar to other DC Comics films, it's a meandering, unnecessary slog that has nothing important to say on the myriad of issues i...