'Joker' Causes a Scare

In the struggling depths of Gotham City, there was no order.
Arthur Fleck was reduced to less than mankind.
He lost his job and eventually his mind,
and this is what led him to turn to murder.

Come the release of the film, there was a mutter;
twelve people were murdered during "The Dark Knight Rises."
Twenty twelve was the year the killers were masked with disguises.
Who is going to let there be another?

Terrorists threats online lead way to a panic.
From New York to LA, the movies won't be the same.
To beef up security, that is the aim,
and to ensure there will be no acts that are satanic. 

Fleck's impersonator voiced, "I think it's really good ... when movies ... challenge us ...."
Many people forget the tragedy that happened.
Twelve people lost in this cinematic trap, and
why is mental health too difficult for us to discuss?

We are blind. We feel no sympathy for those who have gone.

One says, "To me, it was just another stupid thing that was going on."
Although the movie displays the masked terrorist from years back,
it also criticizes the oppression that led these men to crack.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/04/entertainment/joker-movie-opening-night/index.html

Feds issue bulletin about threats ahead of 'Joker' opening weekend

Explanation:
I attempted to make a comparison between the man who murdered the twelve moviegoers in Colorado back in 2012 and Arthur Fleck (Joker). Both men resorted to dramatic and violent acts due to poor mental health. Fleck suffered a mental disorder that caused him to laugh uncontrollably, and he also suffered from severe poverty, living in a run down apartment building in Gotham City. The mass murderer named James Holmes also experienced mental health problems and attempted suicide at age 11. There were scenes in the film with dozens of people with clown masks on, and this is similar to how the moviegoers in 2012 were also dressed as clowns to see "The Dark Knight Rises." Many people affected by the shooting are upset about this. But, despite the scenes in the movie that resemble the shooting in Aurora, I believe that it is important to look that the other side of the situation, and the movie's message is still important. There might be a struggling human behind the violence that is not getting enough help for their misery (I am not justifying either man's actions).


James Holmes, cropped.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Holmes_(mass_murderer)#Personal_life

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