Whether he intended to do so or not, Todd Phillips succeeded in creating a film that illustrates as brilliantly as any film has both the philosophical presuppositions and the destructive consequences of the Zeitgeist that prevails among our cultural, political, and media elites.
Such is the magnitude of Phillips’ achievement that from this point onward, some will find it not inappropriate to refer to the left-liberal ideology of our times simply as…“Jokerism.”
An excellent suggestion. The left hates mockery–one of the few effective weapons the right has nowadays–and that will find its mark. (To the left’s credit, it is self-aware enough to know mockery is effective, which is why so many comedians are running scared nowadays.)
PS: What’s interesting is that the American Conservative review, which I imagine is a pretty close cousin to frontpagemag.com ideologically, finds no political message in the movie:
This is a movie about mental illness with no other political message beyond its criticism of our failing mental healthcare industry (when Fleck’s mental healthcare funding is cut, any sense of togetherness he had explodes like a deck of poorly shuffled playing cards).
An excellent suggestion. The left hates mockery–one of the few effective weapons the right has nowadays–and that will find its mark. (To the left’s credit, it is self-aware enough to know mockery is effective, which is why so many comedians are running scared nowadays.)
PS: What’s interesting is that the American Conservative review, which I imagine is a pretty close cousin to frontpagemag.com ideologically, finds no political message in the movie:
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/does-laughing-with-the-joker-make-you-a-creep/