Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 9 hours ago

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As someone who was actually kind of optimistic about Joker: Folie à Deux, this movie was immensely disappointing.

Joker: Folie à Deux is a sequel to 2019's Joker, wherein we find following the events on the Franklin Murray show, Arthur Fleck has been imprisoned at Arkham Asylum while awaiting his trial. As the courts try to determine whether Fleck is competent to stand trial, Arthur finds himself infatuated with a fellow Arkham patient, Lee Quinzel, and their romances flourishes through musical interludes of grandeur, that all come to head during Arthur's trial.

Directed by Todd Phillips
Written by Todd Phillips and Scott Kane
Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Lady GaGa, Brendan Gleeson, and Cathrine Keener

#joker #jokerfolieàdeux #videoessay

Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
01:19 Plot Synopsis
02:03 How 2019's Joker Came to Be & Why it Worked
05:32 A Sequel That Disassembles Arthur Fleck
12:34 Awkward Tie-Ins That Just Don't Work
13:32 Conclusion

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