‘Whatever doesn’t Kill You Simply Makes You Stranger’: Fear in the Character of T he Joker in The Dark Knight and Joker

The Joker is one of the most frightening comic book characters ever created and has, as a result, been the subject of numerous adaptations to film and television. This article analyses the portrayals of the Joker by actors Heath Ledger and Joaquin Phoenix inThe Dark Knight (2008) and Joker(2019),res...

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Autor: Arroyo Paniagua, Juan José
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
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https://doi.org/10.12795/REN.2022.i26.02
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Palabra clave:The Joker
Fear
The Dark Knight
Joker
Pop-culture
Film
El Joker
Miedo
El caballero oscuro
Cultura popular
Cine
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spelling ‘Whatever doesn’t Kill You Simply Makes You Stranger’: Fear in the Character of T he Joker in The Dark Knight and JokerArroyo Paniagua, Juan JoséThe JokerFearThe Dark KnightJokerPop-cultureFilmEl JokerMiedoEl caballero oscuroCultura popularCineThe Joker is one of the most frightening comic book characters ever created and has, as a result, been the subject of numerous adaptations to film and television. This article analyses the portrayals of the Joker by actors Heath Ledger and Joaquin Phoenix inThe Dark Knight (2008) and Joker(2019),respectively, and the differences in their representations of the Joker in relation to fear. Italso explores how the two films serve as allegorical representations of public fears present at the time of the films’ creation, and how these fears are either embodied in or experienced by each films’ Joker. Fear elements utilized by eachfilm’sJokercharacterare also analysed, i.e., acts of terrorism, use of make-up, and laughter. Moreover, the article’s treatment ofthe Joker reveals a character who is a victim both of public fears and of his own traumatic past—fearful experiences which come to shapethe Joker’s violent persona. The article’s comparative analysis makes use of psychological and sociological explanations of fear and its characteristics.El Joker es uno de los personajes de cómic más terroríficos jamás creados y, como resultado, ha sido objeto de numerosas adaptaciones al cine y la televisión. Este artículo analiza las representaciones del Joker por los actores Heath Ledger y Joaquin Phoenix en El caballero oscuro(2008) y Joker(2019), respectivamente ,y las diferencias en sus interpretaciones del Joker en relación al miedo. También se explora cómo las dos películas sirven como representaciones alegóricas de temores públicos en el momento de gestación de las cintas y cómo estos miedos son representados o experimentados por el Joker de cada película. Se discuten, a su vez, elementos del miedo utilizados por el Joker: actos de terrorismo, el uso de maquillaje y su risa. Por otro lado, el análisis del Joker revela a un personaje víctima de temores públicos y de su propio pasado traumático; experiencias temibles que ayudan a crear su violenta personalidad. El artículo hace uso de explicaciones psicológicas y sociológicas del miedo y sus características.Universidad de Sevilla2022info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/11441/151471https://doi.org/10.12795/REN.2022.i26.02reponame:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevillainstname:Universidad de Sevilla (US)InglésEstudios Norteamericanos, 26, 31-51.http://dx.doi.org/10.12795/REN.2022.i26.02info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:idus.us.es:11441/1514712026-06-17T12:51:07Z
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title ‘Whatever doesn’t Kill You Simply Makes You Stranger’: Fear in the Character of T he Joker in The Dark Knight and Joker
spellingShingle ‘Whatever doesn’t Kill You Simply Makes You Stranger’: Fear in the Character of T he Joker in The Dark Knight and Joker
Arroyo Paniagua, Juan José
The Joker
Fear
The Dark Knight
Joker
Pop-culture
Film
El Joker
Miedo
El caballero oscuro
Cultura popular
Cine
title_short ‘Whatever doesn’t Kill You Simply Makes You Stranger’: Fear in the Character of T he Joker in The Dark Knight and Joker
title_full ‘Whatever doesn’t Kill You Simply Makes You Stranger’: Fear in the Character of T he Joker in The Dark Knight and Joker
title_fullStr ‘Whatever doesn’t Kill You Simply Makes You Stranger’: Fear in the Character of T he Joker in The Dark Knight and Joker
title_full_unstemmed ‘Whatever doesn’t Kill You Simply Makes You Stranger’: Fear in the Character of T he Joker in The Dark Knight and Joker
title_sort ‘Whatever doesn’t Kill You Simply Makes You Stranger’: Fear in the Character of T he Joker in The Dark Knight and Joker
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Arroyo Paniagua, Juan José
author Arroyo Paniagua, Juan José
author_facet Arroyo Paniagua, Juan José
author_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv The Joker
Fear
The Dark Knight
Joker
Pop-culture
Film
El Joker
Miedo
El caballero oscuro
Cultura popular
Cine
topic The Joker
Fear
The Dark Knight
Joker
Pop-culture
Film
El Joker
Miedo
El caballero oscuro
Cultura popular
Cine
description The Joker is one of the most frightening comic book characters ever created and has, as a result, been the subject of numerous adaptations to film and television. This article analyses the portrayals of the Joker by actors Heath Ledger and Joaquin Phoenix inThe Dark Knight (2008) and Joker(2019),respectively, and the differences in their representations of the Joker in relation to fear. Italso explores how the two films serve as allegorical representations of public fears present at the time of the films’ creation, and how these fears are either embodied in or experienced by each films’ Joker. Fear elements utilized by eachfilm’sJokercharacterare also analysed, i.e., acts of terrorism, use of make-up, and laughter. Moreover, the article’s treatment ofthe Joker reveals a character who is a victim both of public fears and of his own traumatic past—fearful experiences which come to shapethe Joker’s violent persona. The article’s comparative analysis makes use of psychological and sociological explanations of fear and its characteristics.
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