In comedian books, animated reveals, video video games, and live-action movies, the connection between Joker and Harley Quinn has usually been one among abuse and neglect, with the Clown Prince of Crime being, fairly actually, the world’s most poisonous accomplice. Lately, tasks like Max’s “Harley Quinn” animated collection and 2020’s critically-praised “Birds of Prey” have put the highlight on the latter’s rise as a standalone antihero free from Joker’s sadistic clutches.
“Joker: Folie à Deux” has a chance to do one thing completely different. In most “Batman” tales, Joker is commonly seen because the corruptive drive that seduces the great physician Harleen Quinzel into a lifetime of crime. In “Folie à Deux,” issues wouldn’t have to be so easy. Given the occasions of the primary movie, what if Arthur Fleck has kind of turn out to be detached towards his previous legal actions, just for a brand new gaga (sorry) of an inmate urging him to embrace his chaotic persona as soon as extra? Or, following its uber-appropriate title, “Folie à Deux” might painting two delusional souls feeding into one another’s respective delusions.
Regardless of which route “Joker: Folie à Deux” goes with Joker and Harley Quinn’s relationship, there is a robust likelihood it will not be like something followers have seen earlier than.