Joker’s Joaquin Phoenix and Todd Phillips forced to defend film even before it has hit cinemas – not that it bothers them … much

There may be no such thing as bad publicity, but the spotlight on Joker is testing the limits of that old cliché.The origin story about the classic Batman villain has inspired pieces both in defence of and against the movie. It’s been hailed as the thing that’s going to finally get Joaquin Phoenix an Oscar and also decried for being dangerous, irresponsible and even “incel-friendly”. (Incels are members of an online subculture who characterise themselves as involuntarily celibate – unable to…

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