I agree completely. There really is something about the character that goes beyond your average supervillain. The writers of the comics are aware of this themselves ("When supervillains want to scare each other, they tell Joker stories"). I liked how Ledger's Joker seemed aware of his archetypal status himself ("I sense that we're going to be doing this forever"). There's a power there that no other evil character in pop culture has been able to grasp before or since.
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Date: 2008-07-21 04:36 am (UTC)I agree completely. There really is something about the character that goes beyond your average supervillain. The writers of the comics are aware of this themselves ("When supervillains want to scare each other, they tell Joker stories"). I liked how Ledger's Joker seemed aware of his archetypal status himself ("I sense that we're going to be doing this forever"). There's a power there that no other evil character in pop culture has been able to grasp before or since.