Re: batman villains (was: Armond White)
"Peter T. Chattaway" <petert-LOVM4QxV+tDq6eQxt3vRmLDks+cytr/[email protected]>
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On Thu, 20 Jan 2011, Karl wrote: > **yea. They made the story that Ledger was either self mutilated or a > victim of child abuse. Well, to be specific, *The Joker* made that the story. But the film gives us no reason to believe him. He's obviously playing with us. > But he was never seen as anything other than the Joker. Would we have > felt the same way about the Burton movie is Jack had been the joker with > no origin, just evil on a rampage? FWIW, the Joker made his first appearance in 1940 but, as far as I know, he did not have an origin story until 1951 (which is when "the Red Hood", a previous temporary alias of his, made its first appearance). https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Red_Hood#Joker -- dadl-ot mailing list http://mail.thehood.us/mailman/listinfo/dadl-ot_thehood.us http://news.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot