My own theory is that the Joker likes bringing the laughter, but he hates being laughed at or mocked. It’s only when you mock the character, as it is with Batman, that you lose a sense of who the character is. You can put him in any situation, whether it’s a lighthearted story or a very dark, pitch-black type of story and his sense of humor and cutting cleverness will shine through. ![]() Writer Paul Dini, who has written extensively for comics and television, and was one of the guiding forces behind Batman: The Animated Series, notes that the Joker “has the malleability that Batman does. He’s been through all of the ebbs and flows of Batman’s popularity over the past 80 years. The creation of the Joker is generally credited to Batman’s co-creators Bob Kane and Bill Finger along with Jerry Robinson, the character having launched about a year after the hero was introduced in the pages of Detective Comics in 1939. To have him pitted against the good guy who is in the mask of the horrific, nightmarish bat is an interesting reversal.” It is that carnival mask of a clown that hides the horror lurking below the surface. He is inspired by the old silent film from German cinema, The Man Who Laughs. “Arguably, Batman has the greatest supervillain in history in the form of the Joker. “I go back to the Stan Lee theory of supervillains, which is that the longest-lasting and most successful superheroes have been those who have had the greatest supervillains,” offers Michael Uslan, comic historian and producer of every Batman movie since the 1989 film starring Michael Keaton in the title role of Gotham’s caped crusader. For the most part where Batman has treaded, the Joker hasn’t been far behind. In a sense, he always has been - whether in the form of the late Cesar Romero on the Adam West Batman TV series of the 1960s, Jack Nicholson in Tim Burton’s 1989 film, Mark Hamill voicing the character in various animated TV shows and films, the late Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight, Jared Leto in Suicide Squad or, now, Joaquin. He also voiced English-language dubs of Hero Mask and Kengan Ashura.As Todd Phillips‘ Jokerbreaks October box office records and provides actor Joaquin Phoenix one of the most critically-lauded parts of his career, it also serves as a reminder that as popular as Batman is, his long-standing arch enemy is also being embraced by the public in a major way. ![]() Meanwhile, Christopher Corey Smith played Joker in a few LEGO Batman video games, and you may recognize him from such recent other interactive titles as Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Fallout 76, and Dark Deception. Brackish Okun in Independence Day: Resurgence, was a regular on Cinemax's Outcast, and in 2020 he'll return to the role of Data in Star Trek: Picard. ![]() Sure, Brent Spiner (pictured above, right) voiced the Joker on Young Justice, but he's still best known as Data from Star Trek: The Next Generation. ![]() In 2016, he was awarded an Emmy for lifetime achievement. He's likely far more recognizable for his work as talking East German fish Klaus on American Dad! And animation wouldn't the same without Frank Welker (pictured above, left). Playing the Joker on Super Friends is just one of the prolific voice actor's classic credits, alongside - wait for it - Scooby-Doo, Hefty Smurf, Curious George, Megatron on Transformers, and Nibbler on Futurama. He also voiced Grimace in in McDonald's commercials. In the 2014 animated small-screen film Son of Batman, veteran voice actor Dee Bradley Baker took a turn at portraying the Joker for a cameo appearance.
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