New surrealist Joker: Folie à Deux fan art shows the twisted minds of Joaquin Phoenix’s Arthur Fleck and Lady Gaga’s Harley Quinn coming together.
New Joker: Folie à Deux fan art embraces the movie’s surrealism, with Joaquin Phoenix’s Arthur Fleck and Lady Gaga’s Harley Quinn coming together in an unusual way. 2019’s Joker debuted director Todd Phillips’ version of Gotham City, with the movie making it hard for the audience to understand if the events were actually happening or were all part of the twisted mind of its lead character. Phoenix’s take on the Joker, starting with the bullied Arthur until evolving into the confident Batman villain, was an instant classic, and the sequel adds Gaga’s Harley Quinn to the Joker: Folie à Deux cast to push the world a step further.
On Instagram, digital artist @itoonofficial shared surrealist Joker: Folie à Deux fan art with Phoenix’s Arthur and Gaga’s Harley that perfectly captures the feel of the world created by Phillips.
The art asks the question: “Do they love you, or do they love the mask you wear every day?” That question shares a profound theme with Arthur’s journey in Joker, as the character was a nobody in the eyes of society until he became the Joker. The sequel’s dynamic between Harley and Joker should add another side to the question, as the idea of true love between the two characters, or just a shared delusion, gets into play.
How The Addition Of Harley Quinn Can Make Joker 2 Better Than The First
Joker: Folie à Deux can continue Arthur’s descent into villainy by giving him a companion to go down the rabbit hole with. Enter Gaga’s Harley Quinn. Joker: Folie à Deux makes a major change to Harley, switching up her origin story of meeting the Joker as his doctor in Arkham Asylum, for her and Phoenix’s character both being patients at the facility. With set photos and videos from the Joker sequel showing Arkham Asylum burning, it seems like the deranged duo will be escaping the facility during a riot.
Out in the world, there is no limit to what Joker and Harley can accomplish together, especially since the original Joker ended up with Arthur fully transformed into his Clown Prince of Crime persona. With the addition of Gaga’s Harley, Joker: Folie à Deux can show how Arthur actually behaves in a relationship, as 2019’s Joker only included the character in an imagined relationship with Zazie Beetz’s Sophie, showing how the Joker is an unreliable narrator.
Gaga’s addition as Harley Quinn in Joker: Folie à Deux is also crucial to the movie in another way, with the actress being a perfect fit for the sequel’s groundbreaking choice of genre for a superhero movie. Joker: Folie à Deux is a musical with set pieces said to be in the vein of Damien Chazelle’s La La Land. As Gaga is one of the world’s most famous singers, the actress was the perfect fit to bring Harley Quinn to life in Joker: Folie à Deux.
Source: @itoonofficial/Instagram
