Movies are Gay 4: The People's Joker (2022)

We continue with YOUR demands as we make July as gay as June with our theme, MOVIES ARE GAY 4: GAY THE 4TH BE WITH YOU, and we’re presenting them in the classic individual style. This week is a remarkably crafty and genuinely funny story of a transgender woman that is told using (in very particular parodic ways) characters from Batman comics and shows as well as other DC comics characters as inspiration. Superhero fatigue (and Joker fatigue in particular) may have been the reason we’re just now getting to this unique comedy but it’s easily the best Joker movie that exists. Better than most Batman movies. At least on par with Mask of the Phantasm. It’s satirical, it’s subversive, It’s an inspired collage of pop culture iconography and most important of all…it’s gay. Or “queer” if you prefer. Excellent work reclaiming that one guys. Well done.

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“Scandalous” by Prince: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN4EB8z4oTA&list=RDQN4EB8z4oTA&start_radio=1 “Fadeoutz” by Jane Remover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQiCxESpvME&list=RDNQiCxESpvME&start_radio=1

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