dc-comics
How Much Homework Should an Audience Really Be Expected to Do?
HBO’s new big-budget ‘Watchmen’ show is aiming high — so high, in fact, it’s going to go right over the heads of anyone not intimately familiar with the source material
What Do Professional Clowns Think of ‘Joker’?
When it comes to getting booked at kids’ birthday parties, there’s no such thing as bad publicity
The Joker Has Always Been A More Reliable Cultural Barometer Than Batman
From pop art prankster to post-9/11 conscience pang to incel violence inciter, the clown prince of crime has (almost) never failed to reflect his times
‘Joker’ Has a Todd Phillips Problem
The dark origin story is a terrific, thought-provoking film about violence and mental health. But nobody wants to believe that because the dude who directed ‘The Hangover’ made it.
