1. The People's Joker (2024) - Gateway Film Center
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This revolutionary DIY coming-of-age parody film follows an unconfident, closeted trans girl as she moves to Gotham City to make it big as a comedian by joining the cast of a government-sanctioned sketch show in a world where comedy has been outlawed. An Official Selection of 2023 TIFF, Outfest, Fantastic Fest, and Nightmares Film Festival. | Country: United States | Language: English
2. The People's Joker | Rotten Tomatoes
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In the absurdist autobiographically-inspired dark comedy, a painfully unfunny aspiring clown (Vera Drew as Joker the Harlequin) grapples with her gender identity while unsuccessfully attempting to join the ranks of Gotham City's sole comedy program in a world where comedy has been outlawed. Uniting with a ragtag team of rejects and misfits, Joker the Harlequin forms an illegal anti-comedy troupe that puts her on a collision course with the devious caped crusader controlling the city.
3. The People's Joker (2024) — The Movie Database (TMDB)
An aspiring clown grappling with her gender identity combats a fascistic caped crusader. Vera Drew Director, Writer Bri LeRose Writer
An aspiring clown grappling with her gender identity combats a fascistic caped crusader.
4. 'The People's Joker': A campy chance to be represented in media
May 4, 2024 · It's a fair-use parody of “Joker” (2019) that couldn't be more camp if it tried. The film follows the otherwise unnamed main character in a ...
It took more than 18 months between its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival before the film was released to theater audiences. I’d been hearing about it for quite some time, and knew from the moment I first learned of it that I needed to see it.
5. The People's Joker (2024) - Financial Information - The Numbers
Financial analysis of The People's Joker (2024) including budget, domestic and international box office gross, DVD and Blu-ray sales reports, total earnings ...
Financial analysis of The People’s Joker (2024) including budget, domestic and international box office gross, DVD and Blu-ray sales reports, total earnings and profitability.
6. 'The People's Joker' Release Date Unveiled By Altered Innocence
Dec 20, 2023 · 'The People's Joker' has been acquired for release in North America by Altered Innocence after being pulled from TIFF over rights issues.
'The People's Joker' has been acquired for release in North America by Altered Innocence after being pulled from TIFF over rights issues.
7. THE PEOPLE'S JOKER - American Cinematheque
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$10.00 (member) ; $15.00 (general admission)
8. “The People's Joker” — Film Review | by Tina Kakadelis - Medium
Nov 12, 2024 · The use of these copyrighted characters, Drew argued, should be covered under the fair use laws of parody. Eventually, in 2024, The People's ...
At times, it seemed like Vera Drew’s The People’s Joker would never see the light of day. The film premiered during the Midnight Madness…
9. The People's Joker - Screen Slate
Apr 5, 2024 · For a long time, Vera Drew's The People's Joker (2024) was haunted by legal woes. While Drew never received a cease-and-desist, the film was ...
For a long time, Vera Drew’s The People’s Joker (2024) was haunted by legal woes. While Drew never received a cease-and-desist, the film was pulled from TIFF in 2022 over “rights issues.” The specifics have been debated back-and-forth in the press, but surely DC Comics is not thrilled by her depiction of a trans Joker and a pedophilic Batman.
10. 'The People's Joker' Introduces a new class of superhero movies
May 7, 2024 · Along with its cancellation in 2022 and the film's director Vera Drew fighting for a distribution deal, “The People's Joker” became the biggest ...
Ever since it was removed from the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for copyright issues after one screening, “The People’s Joker” became what legends are made of. Once its premise and background is heard, it’s hard not to see why: A Batman parody film about a trans coming-of-age story that was made without DC or […]