Godspeed You Black Joker - Part 1

Does Joker work as an origin story? What does it have to say about our time?

Deep dive into Joker, set to the music of Godspeed You Black Emperor and the song Blaise Bailley Finnegan III in particular.

Part 1 critiques Joker's interesting setting and plot, then looks at origin stories in general, comparing it with Cruella. Part 2 contrasts Joker with Stephen King's Carrie and Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver and The King of Comedy. Part 3 contrasts Joker with Claude Chabrol's La Ceremonie, talks about the Joker/Fool archetype, Akira Kurosawa's Ran and Joker's relationship to 2020 and our time.

00:00 Intro
01:38 The Setting: Scorsese Gotham
04:16 Critiquing The Story
13:15 Godspeed You Black Emperor
14:39 GYBE Blaise Bailey Finnegan III PART ONE
16:51 Origin Stories and Super-Villains
23:19 Cruella
26:42 Why Arthur is not a Super-Villain