'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 [.. 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.
IS THE JOKER GAY, BISEX, OR STRAIGHT?
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.