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"Joker" sequel to be a musical - Lady Gaga in talks to star as Harley Quinn
KevinKlawitter
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MysteriousLady
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#26
Posted: 9/4/24 at 1:54pm
I was looking forward to this despite disliking the first movie because it sounded so bonkers, but this whole "we're not making a musical it's just characters who sing dialogue" thing that keep saying is souring me on it.
KevinKlawitter
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#27
Posted: 9/4/24 at 3:14pm
MysteriousLady said: "I was looking forward to this despite disliking the first movie because it sounded so bonkers, but this whole "we're not making a musical it's just characters who sing dialogue" thing that keep saying is souring me on it."
Given both Todd Phillips and Lady Gaga have repeated it, that sounds like a mandated talking point from either Phillips or WB to not alienate:
A) mainstream audiences who haven't been turning out to musicals
and/or
B) dudebro/incel Joker fans who think musicals are gay
#28
Posted: 9/4/24 at 3:42pm
B) dudebro/incel Joker fans who think musicals are gay"
...and who are probably closeted.
#29
Posted: 9/4/24 at 3:44pm
KevinKlawitter said: "MysteriousLady said: "I was looking forward to this despite disliking the first movie because it sounded so bonkers, but this whole "we're not making a musical it's just characters who sing dialogue" thing that keep saying is souring me on it."
Given both Todd Phillips and Lady Gaga have repeated it, that sounds like a mandated talking point from either Phillips or WB to not alienate:
A) mainstream audiences who haven't been turning out to musicals
and/or
B) dudebro/incel Joker fans who think musicals are gay"
Sounds like Todd Phillips is just an idiot...
#30
Posted: 9/4/24 at 3:48pm
It sounds like Pennies from Heaven-meets-Alex-from-A Clockwork Orange-doing-"Singin' in the Rain." And I'm so not up for that.
#31
Posted: 9/4/24 at 3:48pm
The hardcore fans who will get outraged will get outraged no matter what.
Frankly, I think that Phillips et al want this film to be seen as very serious and they think being labeled a musical would undercut that.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
ErmengardeStopSniveling
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
#32
Posted: 9/4/24 at 4:13pm
I think Kad and Kevin's theories are both accurate.
I'm sure the talking-point language has been tested and focus-grouped to death by Warner Bros.
#33
Posted: 9/4/24 at 4:57pm
This was greenlit and went into production before social media started melting down about "sneaky" musicals like the Mean Girls adaptation. There was such a perceived backlash (seemingly more reporting about the complaints than there were actual complaints) it's likely made WB nervous. This was always a dicey proposition... the huge incel appeal of the first film (I'll never understand its jaw-dropping financial success and awards/acclaim) has almost no overlap with audiences who'll sit still for musical numbers.
#34
Posted: 9/4/24 at 5:24pm
I mean when it came to awards, they only ever went to Joaquin and the music and virtually nothing else won so it's not like they rewarding the writing or directing that the Incels were obsessed with.
#35
Posted: 9/4/24 at 5:40pm
Play Esq. said: "
B) dudebro/incel Joker fans who think musicals are gay"
...and who are probably closeted."
If they're closeted, they likely love musicals. Look at Rod in Avenue Q.
But do people really think incels made Joker a hit?
#36
Posted: 9/4/24 at 5:54pm
I think it's more that incels have really embraced the first film with a vigor.
#37
Posted: 9/4/24 at 6:30pm
TheatreFan4 said: "I mean when it came to awards, they only ever went to Joaquin and the music and virtually nothing else won so it's not like they rewarding the writing or directing that the Incels were obsessed with."
In addttion to its nearly $1.1 BILLION gross, it got 11 Oscar noms and 11 BAFTA noms; both absolutely bonkers for a "comic book movie" -- especially DC -- and beyond the far more well reviewed and well loved Dark Knight's nominations. Wins are great, but that level of nominations is nothing to sneeze at. Gives it quite the legacy (earned or not.)
#38
Posted: 9/4/24 at 6:39pm
Is it a musical, though?
Certainly not an original one. Perhaps not even jukebox. Maybe that's what they mean. I'd like to think.
Beyoncé is not an ally. Actions speak louder than words, Mrs. Carter. #Dubai #$$$
#39
Posted: 9/4/24 at 6:48pm
The reviews I’ve read indicate interspersed fantasy song and dance numbers with old time songs like “When You’re Smiling.” Which sounds to me like they’re deliberately doing a pastiche of All That Jazz and the Dennis Potter films, aka the sort of “ironic postmodern musicals” a film bro who doesn’t like musicals would still like.
#40
Posted: 9/4/24 at 7:03pm
Like this?
NOW I'm excited. I love Dennis Potter. Thanks, darquek.
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Consistency
Understudy Joined: 7/2/13
#41
Posted: 9/4/24 at 7:18pm
jpbran said: In addttion to its nearly $1.1 BILLION gross, it got 11 Oscar noms and 11 BAFTA noms; both absolutely bonkers for a "comic book movie" -- especially DC -- andbeyond the far more well reviewed and well loved Dark Knight's nominations. Wins are great, but that level of nominations is nothing to sneeze at. Gives it quite the legacy (earned or not.)"
I always found it even more bonkers that it won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival, one of the “Big Five” film festivals that tends to reserve its prizes for “arthouse” fare. That obviously doesn’t have the mainstream cultural cachet as the Academy Awards, but I think it gave the film more “weight” as a Serious Movie among cultural commentators than this DC Comics movie might have otherwise had.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/04
#43
Posted: 9/4/24 at 9:03pm
Well after reading that I’m not sure I can be bothered.
Well I didn't want to get into it, but he's a Satanist.
Every full moon he sacrifices 4 puppies to the Dark Lord and smears their blood on his paino.
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#44
Posted: 9/4/24 at 9:24pm
jpbran said: "TheatreFan4 said: "I mean when it came to awards, they only ever went to Joaquin and the music and virtually nothing else won so it's not like they rewarding the writing or directing that the Incels were obsessed with."
In addttion to its nearly $1.1 BILLION gross, it got 11 Oscar noms and 11 BAFTA noms; both absolutely bonkers for a "comic book movie" -- especially DC -- andbeyond the far more well reviewed and well loved Dark Knight's nominations. Wins are great, but that level of nominations is nothing to sneeze at. Gives it quite the legacy (earned or not.)"
We live in a world where Green Book won Best Picture and Bohemian Rhapsody Best Editing, undeserved nominations are certainly something to sneeze at. Joker was nothing but a bad Martin Scorsese movie with Joker smeared on it as told by a director of Bad Low Brow comedy movies. Oh my, that also sounds like the director of Green Book.
#45
Posted: 9/4/24 at 11:50pm
TheatreFan4 said: "jpbran said: "TheatreFan4 said: "I mean when it came to awards, they only ever went to Joaquin and the music and virtually nothing else won so it's not like they rewarding the writing or directing that the Incels were obsessed with."
In addttion to its nearly $1.1 BILLION gross, it got 11 Oscar noms and 11 BAFTA noms; both absolutely bonkers for a "comic book movie" -- especially DC -- andbeyond the far more well reviewed and well loved Dark Knight's nominations. Wins are great, but that level of nominations is nothing to sneeze at. Gives it quite the legacy (earned or not.)"
We live in a world where Green Book won Best Picture and Bohemian Rhapsody Best Editing, undeserved nominations are certainly something to sneeze at. Joker was nothing but a bad Martin Scorsese movie with Joker smeared on it as told by a director of Bad Low Brow comedy movies. Oh my, that also sounds like the director of Green Book."
Did Todd Phillips shoot your dog or something? Neither Joker nor the idea of its sequel is my cuppa, but this rabid rant strikes me as a bit much.
#46
Posted: 9/5/24 at 12:54am
We live in a world where Green Book won Best Picture and Bohemian Rhapsody Best Editing, undeserved nominations are certainly something to sneeze at. Joker was nothing but a bad Martin Scorsese movie with Joker smeared on it as told by a director of Bad Low Brow comedy movies. Oh my, that also sounds like the director of Green Book."
You forgot Crash. Obviously there are terrible examples a plenty. But like it or not, Joker will always inexplicably have that as part of its legacy (PS— You might be under the impression I’m a fan of Joker. Not at all.)
#47
Posted: 9/24/24 at 1:17pm
Lady Gaga will release Harlequin, a companion album to Joker: Folie à Deux, on September 27.
Tracklist:
1. Good Morning 2. Get Happy (2024) 3. Oh, When the Saints 4. World on a String 5. If My Friends Could See Me Now 6. That’s Entertainment 7. Smile 8. The Joker 9. Folie à Deux 10. Gonna Build a Mountain 11. Close to You 12. Happy Mistake 13. That’s Life
KevinKlawitter
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