In the starting dialogue of The Dark Knight the bank robbers discuss The Joker
It's all theatrics, he's anarchistic there is no reason other than because he is.
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maiden is filmed before a live studio audience, Fri 13 Jul 2012, 9:06,
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Well other than adding another movie on to explain The Joker then there isn't a lot that can be done
I like the fact that we don't know who he is, his backstory, or why he wears makeup like a clown it adds to the mystery.
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maiden is filmed before a live studio audience, Fri 13 Jul 2012, 9:43,
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Sounds a good idea
Superheroes get their own movies, supervillians should too!
The whole 'air of mystery' thing seems tacked on after the fact, to explain away a hole. It could still have been done in a few minutes in the movie with a 'what do we know about him?' scene, with a few rumours etc. throwing some possibilities up. It didn't need to be definitive. The only reason that they could get away with this is because everyone is as familiar with the Joker as they are Batman.
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