Why No One Will Get Fired Over ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’
Why No One Will Get Fired Over ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’
"It's a huge disaster, but what is the fallout?" asks one source after the sequel to the $1 billion hit bombs at the box office and is rejected by critics and audiences alike.
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I liked it.
Same. It's not a bad film. It is a fairly logical progression from the first movie. I was actually surprised it wasn't more fantastical. There were several points where they could have escalated to a city wide musical caper, but they kept it grounded.
People spontaneously breaking into song isn't grounded
It's a conceit of the genre, it gets a pass.
Trying to explain why people are breaking into song doesn't ground it any more, and trying to make it "realistic" singing such as part of a stage show or rehearsals just weakens the strengths of the genre.