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Originally Posted by ThaVirus
The way I took it: he's definitely not Bruce's brother. His mom was nearly as delusional as he was.
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I agree, but even dangling the possibility is kinda annoying.
Again, I don't think the Joker needs an origin story, especially a lame one where he's a bad stand-up comic with a medical condition that makes him laugh for God's sake.
If you insist on making one and you want to go with a gritty 70s thing you have to go all out. You have to show the urban rot and degradation that we saw in Death Wish and Taxi Driver. You need racial conflicts too, but there is no way that would fly today. Don't stop with the Joker as Travis Bickle - go all the way into Joe Spinell in Maniac (1980) territory with a dash of the Scorpio killer from Dirty Harry.
Oh, and make me laugh and then feel guilty about it.