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Pop Culture Happy Hour

Joker: Folie à Deux And What's Making Us Happy

Pop Culture Happy Hour

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4.510.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

The new film Joker: Folie à Deux is the sequel to 2019's Joker, which won Joaquin Phoenix an Oscar. This new film is a courtroom drama and a romance tossed into a musical blender set to liquefy, as the Joker goes on trial for the murders he committed in the last film and falls in love with a groupie played by Lady Gaga.

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The new film Joker Falia Duch is the sequel to 2019's Joker, which won Joaquin Phoenix the best actor Oscar.

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It is a courtroom drama and a romance tossed into a musical blender set to liquefy as the Joker goes on trial for the

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murders he committed in the last film falls in love with a groupie played by Lady

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Gaga and in the meantime everyone sings a lot.

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But you know, in a grim and gritty way, so it's not gay or anything.

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I'm Glenn Weldon, and today we're talking about Joker Follia Duth on Pop Culture Happy Hour from NPR.

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Joining me today is filmmaker pop culture critic

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and I Heart Radio producer Joelle Monique Joelle.

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Hey Glenn.

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Also with us is writer Chris Klemic, hey Chris.

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I have danced with the devil in the pale moonlight, Glenn.

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A lot.

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My feet hurt.

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I've been there for some of those.

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In Joker, Folliadu, Waukei, Joaquin Phoenix, again, plays Arthur Fleck,

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aka Joker, who's locked up in Arkham State Hospital waiting trial for the five murders he committed in the previous film, including one that took place on live national TV, which has garnered him a fervent group of followers.

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While inside he meets Lee, played by Lady Gaga.

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She's one of his followers and the two fall in love as Joker's trial begins.

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