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David Fincher called 'Joker' a "betrayal of the mentally ill"
13+ hour, 13+ min ago (584+ words) Far Out is a British online culture website, headquartered in London and founded in 2010. Far Out focuses on independent and alternative culture, reviewing music, films and the arts along with relative interviews and curated playlists. The billion-dollar movie David Fincher called a "betrayal" David Fincher's being unimpressed by the Oscar-winning, $1billion smash hit Joker speaks to how dramatically comic book storytelling has become immersed within popular culture, such that a film about one of Batman's villains could become a controversial event. By setting itself in the 1970s, earning a deserved R-rating, and debuting at the Venice Film Festival (where it won the prestigious 'Golden Lion' award), Joker went out of its way to prove that it was nothing like Aquaman, Wonder Woman, or the rest of the DC slate. While no one would have expected a Joker prequel to amount to anything…...