'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.
IS THE JOKER GAY, BISEX, OR STRAIGHT?
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.
" 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.
'JOKER' ACTOR JOAQU PHOENIX TO STAR NEW GAY ROMANCE FILM - INSI THE MAGIC
The history of the gay Joker. In 1973, then-Batman wrer Neal Adams clared that the Joker was and had always been gay. The gay Joker petn.
A petn om Elena Shtakova, a Rsian ics fan, urg Geoff Johns, the wrer of Doomsday Clock, to rtore the Joker’s homosexualy. RELATED | Des Later, Let’s Celebrate What’s Really Gay About the Batman Franchise. The petn ends wh a plea to “rtore the Joker’s homosexualy ics and other media.