Abstract
This paper aims to present a reading of Joker (2019), by Todd Philips, as a proposal for the deconstruction of a hegemonic history. With a conceptual framework based on some of Michael Foucault’s works, we seek an understanding of various mechanisms of power in the establishment of an identification of villainy as a Manichean vision of the socio-political and economic complexity of the fictional Gotham City. Thus, this investigation will enter some debates about the conditions of possibility of building truths within classical narratives. This work seeks an analysis of the film’s protagonist, and also its use as an object of study that serves as a demonstration of some theoretical approaches which question certain dominant structures.
Keywords
Joker; cinema; Foucault; narrative; politics