The ambiguity of whether “Joker” was driven to homicidal mania by mental illness or political grievances was clever, because neatly distinguishing between those motives is often impossible
“Joker” seemed to only recognize the political dimension in retrospect, after it was *assumed* that he’d acted politically but he’d never expressed that
I’m not going to call it a masterwork but the descent into madness was thought-provoking enough to justify two hours
