Consider Paola Camacho‘s 9.4.24 Venice Film Festival review of Todd Phillips‘ Joker: Folie a Deux (Warner Bros., 10.4), pasted below.

Pay particular attention to (a) her passage about the power dynamic behind Joaquin Phoenix‘s Arthur Fleck and Lady Gaga‘s Harley Quinn having been “switched completely in a way we’ve never seen,” not to mention (b) Paola’s statement that “for lack of a better phrase, the Arthur / Joker character [in this film] is pussy-whipped.”

Paola #2: “Anyone who loved the first Joker will hate this one, and anyone who was critical of the first one will love this one. I, for one, love both. They are two entirey different [films].”

Paola #3: “The hard stans will inevitably tear this film apart” because it doesn’t do that ecoectrd Arthur/Joker incel-madman thing.

Here’s her entire review: