Come see The People’s Joker this Sunday, July 12th at 9pm. Guest hosted by the lovely Harper! I have been excited to see this since it came out and I think it’s going be a freaky wholesome time. No soccer matches scheduled that day, so you can recover from your World Cup fatigue by getting into some gay shit (in the best way).
The People’s Joker is a 2022 superhero parody film written, directed, and starring Vera Drew. In this surreal version of Gotham City, comedy is illegal unless performed by accredited comedians. A closeted trans woman named Joker the Harlequin struggles to find her voice in an underground anti-comedy troupe. Along the way, she deals with her gender identity, navigates a toxic relationship with “Mister J,” and rebels against a fascistic Batman.
The movie famously relied on the legal concept of Faire Use, which allows the unauthorized use of copyrighted material for satire and parody. Because of its unofficial use of DC Comics characters, it faced early legal threats from Warner Brothers.