'The Joker' actor is leavg his inic role as the Clown Prce of Crime behd, to star a new gay romance movie.
Contents:
- HAS THE JOKER BEEN SHOVED IN THE CLOSET? THIS PETN AIMS TO MAKE HIM GAY
- IS THE JOKER GAY, BISEX, OR STRAIGHT?
- 'JOKER' ACTOR JOAQU PHOENIX TO STAR NEW GAY ROMANCE FILM - INSI THE MAGIC
HAS THE JOKER BEEN SHOVED IN THE CLOSET? THIS PETN AIMS TO MAKE HIM GAY
A petn on started by Elena Shtakova lls for DC Entertament to "Make The Joker Gay Aga, " pactg the long-nng speculatn about the DC villa's sexualy to a clear ll to actn.
"The Joker is a character wh almost 80 years [of] history, half of which he was portrayed as homosexual, " Shtakova stat. "Neal Adams claimed that the Joker was and always had been homosexual [..
IS THE JOKER GAY, BISEX, OR STRAIGHT?
That is why 's so important to me and other queer rears to return his homosexualy. Takg the character's entire history to acunt, different readgs uld eher see a troubled portra of a closeted gay man feigng an tert heterosexualy, or someone who is openly bisexual, pansexual or sexually fluid. His pulsn to Joker-fy his victims also feeds the homophobic myth of a gay nversn agenda.
Frank Miller once summarized the Joker and Batman has a "homophobic nightmare.
'JOKER' ACTOR JOAQU PHOENIX TO STAR NEW GAY ROMANCE FILM - INSI THE MAGIC
" But "beg queer don't make someone a bad person, " Shtakova pots out, "therefore, fictnal characters don't need to be good and righteo to be gay. There's no reason that the historil subtext of a gay, bisexual, pansexual, queer or asexual Joker n't be brought back to the surface a siar, unmistakable way. Romero was nstantly photographed rtg actrs to premier and clubs, but acrdg to stori he told thor Boze Hadleigh for the 1996 book Hollywood Gays, he had a wi-rangg gay sex life.
But a new petn wants to make sure the Doomsday Clock versn of the Joker is gay. And, surprisgly, there’s ic precent for a gay Joker. The history of the gay Joker.