Joker: Folie à Deux ’s Ending Answers a Disturbing Question
As a pop culture touchstone, Joker was supposed to be a middle finger to the way things are, a 21st century super-villain variation on Falling Down, which told a similar story of a besieged everyman (played by Michael Douglas) who lashes out at the unfairness around him, first justifiably, then with inexcusable violence.