President Donald Trump held a screening of Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker over the weekend at The White House.
Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker recently crossed the $1 billion mark which is quite the statement considering it’s the first R-rated film to hit that milestone. A dark and gritty telling of the Joker origin story, the Joaquin Phoenix film was doused in controversy even before it began rolling cameras. When Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker premiered at the Venice Film Festival, it was considered a critical darling among many. However, many believed that the film would prove to be toxic and incite forms of violence throughout America.
None of this happened of course, but the Joaquin Phoenix film was still maligned throughout its release. Beloved by both fans and critics, Joker seems to have a new fan in its camp: President Donald Trump. Donald Trump is a self-imposed film buff and frequently holds screenings at the White House. According to journalist Shimon Prokupecz, President Donald Trump had friends and family over to watch Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker.
Yahoo! was able to confirm that President Donald Trump liked Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker, though no other details regarding his enjoyment was given. Donald Trump actually has quite a bit of history with Batman-centric films. The Dark Knight Rises used Trump Tower back in 2012 for filming. President Donald Trump has also starred in a bevy of films as himself, with the most popular film being Home Alone 2: Lost In New York.
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Here is the official synopsis for Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker:
Director Todd Phillips “Joker” centers around the iconic arch nemesis and is an original, standalone fictional story not seen before on the big screen. Phillips’ exploration of Arthur Fleck, who is indelibly portrayed by Joaquin Phoenix, is of a man struggling to find his way in Gotham’s fracturedsociety. A clown-for-hire by day, he aspires to be a stand-up comic at night…but finds the joke always seems to be on him. Caught in a cyclical existence between apathy and cruelty, Arthur makes one bad decision that brings about a chain reaction of escalating events in this gritty character study.
Directed by Todd Phillips from a script he co-wrote with Scott Silver, Joker stars Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Bill Camp, Frances Conroy, Brett Cullen, Glenn Fleshler, Douglas Hodge, Marc Maron, Josh Pais, and Shea Whigham.
Joker is now playing in theaters!
Source: Yahoo!News
