ASSESSMENT
What is your reaction to the text you just read?
A bit confused and shocked. I felt the situations brought were interesting and weren’t typical from what I have seen in other DC media involving the Joker, expect in the most recent film Joker by Warner Brothers. It feels as if this is a stand alone piece from the DC universe and has no continuity with other storylines from the comics which explains the unlikely actions and responses of the characters like Batman laughing in the final. It feels like fantasy hallucination from the Joker. As if this is all in his head and Joker is still in the insane asylum.
What connections were you able to make with the work? Discuss them.
The story tries to explain how anyone can end up as terrible as the Joker if they were pushed enough. If they had just “one bad day,” they would be doing the same heinous crimes. The recent film Joker also plays with this message along with talking about the struggles of mental illness. Doing this tries to make the viewer sympathize with these violent characters giving them a understandable sad backstory. They are just like anyone else, and shouldn’t be outcasted by society when their upbringing could’ve happened to anyone. Everyone is capable of harm as they are capable of doing good.
What changes would you make to adapt this story into another medium. What medium would you use? What changes would you make?
Watching Allen Moore’s perspective of trying to make his stories be best experienced through comics makes me think that if it was adapted into another medium there should be changes so that it doesn’t copy the original text exactly. Give the viewers a new experience. Creating this story into an interactive game where the player is the Joker would be interesting. It puts the player into the villains shoes and could maybe emphasize the writer's point of how easily anyone can be a villain. If the player is the villain, a more sympathetic and empathetic response would be given to the material.
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