https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index en-au 5 https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:13967 Wed 11 Apr 2018 13:11:32 AEST ]]> https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:7842 Wed 11 Apr 2018 09:16:03 AEST ]]> https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:51006 Tue 15 Aug 2023 14:26:35 AEST ]]> https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:37408 Joker (Phillips 2019) reverses notions of wholeness in the image of the human subject. The opening scene depicts a dual representation of Arthur and Joker as the film constructs a dystopian dream by merging the labyrinth of the city and the labyrinth of the mind. This duality extends to the smearing of Gotham City's saviour, Batman, who is the moral opponent of Joker as the villain. This is no longer the story we know. Joker is operating in the labyrinth as both metaphor and myth. At the climax of this journey, Arthur embraces his Joker persona as the film intersects with the standard Batman narrative. By accompanying Arthur, as he embraces his mirror image of Joker, the audience attempts to navigate chaos—a dystopian dream, mediated in the film, mirroring the life world. The film is an intense political statement about the perverse nature of neoliberal Western democracy. The formulas in the capitalist dream of “success” and “happiness,” in this society, are characterised by obscene wealth living alongside abject poverty. The labyrinth of the city space, as the epitome of civilisation, creates monsters which are of its own making. Likewise, we are navigating the labyrinthine chaos of capitalism that results in our displacement and delirium.]]> Thu 12 Nov 2020 13:05:50 AEDT ]]> https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:11077 Sat 24 Mar 2018 08:09:42 AEDT ]]> https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:49258 Mon 08 May 2023 10:56:11 AEST ]]> https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:37751 Fri 09 Apr 2021 12:14:48 AEST ]]>