The Joker and the Politics of Whiteface
It’s the job of the clown to upset the social order. But the new whiteface exposes a white culture afraid of change.
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7 min readOct 9, 2019
Clowns these days seem to love two things: white pancake makeup and mass murder. In Todd Phillips’ Joker, Arthur Fleck is only happy when he’s in greasepaint. Performing on the street or at a children’s…
