Interview With "The People's Joker" Director/Writer/Star Vera Drew

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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SIGN UP FOR REGAL UNLIMITED W/ PROMO CODE - REGALNBP24 - https://regmovies.onelink.me/4207629222/q4j9urzs "The People's Joker" had its world premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival, but its screenings were canceled due to "rights issues" related to its D.C. characters. The parody film has generated a ton of buzz in cinephile circles and is finally getting released from Altered Innocence in select theaters. Director, writer, and star Vera Drew was kind enough to spend some time talking with us about her experience making the film, what she wanted to communicate with it, how she was inspired by 2019's "Joker," its trans themes, and more. Enjoy, and please be sure to check out the film if you can. Thank you! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Project Hail Mary is an extraordinary cinematic experience.
0:03.9	You're a great scientist, Dr. Grace.
0:05.6	The world is counting on you.
0:07.0	Starring Ryan Gosling.
0:08.3	So I met an alien.
0:09.8	Two worlds, one impossible mission.
0:12.3	We're going to save the stars.
0:13.8	Project Hail Mary.
0:14.9	Amaze, amaze, amaze.
0:16.1	See it first March 14th and 15th in Cinemas Everywhere, March 19th.
0:19.9	You are listening to The Next Best Picture podcast, and this is Emma Sassick's interview
0:24.7	with the director, writer, and star of the film The People's Joker, Vera Drew.
0:30.9	Gotham City is nothing but neon biker gangs, leather freaks, and cross-dressers.
0:35.0	Is that what you want?
0:36.2	Come home.
0:38.3	No, I won't, Mom.
0:39.3	I'm gonna be a comedian.
0:41.3	Ah!
0:42.3	When I look back on my life, before going Jokeman to Harlequin, so to speak,
0:48.3	I wasn't even sure I existed.
0:50.3	It's like blurry, cracked mosaic of all these gender revelations.
0:55.0	You mean she's a, he?
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