{"id":1471,"date":"2026-03-16T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/?p=1471"},"modified":"2026-03-15T22:26:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T22:26:53","slug":"383-joker-folie-a-deux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/2026\/03\/16\/383-joker-folie-a-deux\/","title":{"rendered":"383 &#8211; Joker: Folie \u00e0 Deux"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/joker2-thob-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/joker2-thob-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/joker2-thob-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/joker2-thob-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/joker2-thob.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Continuing our Oscar hangover tradition, we&#8217;re cracking the seal on the previous Oscar season&#8217;s lineup and have we got a doozy of a Class of 2024 title for you! After&nbsp;<em>Joker<\/em>&nbsp;walked away from the 2019 season with a Golden Lion and an Oscar for Joaquin Phoenix, souring opinions kicked into high gear when follow-up&nbsp;<em>Joker: Folie \u00e0 Deux<\/em>&nbsp;was announced. Yes, the sequel would not only be a musical but it would star Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn, and the results were an immediate critical and box office bomb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This episode, we talk about director Todd Phillips&#8217; middle-finger approach to this sequel and why the original film works against making his case for genre divergence here. We also discuss Phoenix facing the heat for backing out on Todd Haynes, the film&#8217;s non-canonical take on the characters, and its off-putting musical stylings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Topics also include the 2024 Venice Film Festival,&nbsp;<em>The Bride!<\/em>, and Connor Storrie&#8217;s small role in the finale.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3032\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1471-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/3563080\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/EP\/THOB_EP_383_Joker_Folie_a_Deux.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/3563080\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/EP\/THOB_EP_383_Joker_Folie_a_Deux.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/3563080\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/EP\/THOB_EP_383_Joker_Folie_a_Deux.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/3563080\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/EP\/THOB_EP_383_Joker_Folie_a_Deux.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/?powerpress_pinw=1471-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/3563080\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/EP\/THOB_EP_383_Joker_Folie_a_Deux.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"THOB_EP_383_Joker_Folie_a_Deux.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing our Oscar hangover tradition, we&#8217;re cracking the seal on the previous Oscar season&#8217;s lineup and have we got a doozy of a Class of 2024 title for you! After&nbsp;Joker&nbsp;walked away from the 2019 season with a Golden Lion and an Oscar for Joaquin Phoenix, souring opinions kicked into high gear when follow-up&nbsp;Joker: Folie \u00e0 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/2026\/03\/16\/383-joker-folie-a-deux\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;383 &#8211; Joker: Folie \u00e0 Deux&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5,34,12,598,402,2109,2108,613,2110,2107,3,193,6,2099,839,745],"class_list":["post-1471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-academy-awards","tag-best-actor","tag-best-actress","tag-brendan-gleeson","tag-catherine-keener","tag-connor-storrie","tag-harry-lawtey","tag-joaquin-phoenix","tag-ken-leung","tag-lady-gaga","tag-movies","tag-musicals","tag-oscars","tag-steve-coogan","tag-venice-film-festival","tag-zazie-beetz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1471"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1473,"href":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1471\/revisions\/1473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}