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All of the right things to say (mental health, unregulated access to firearms, the wealthy) but all the suffering is on someone with the wrong gender and the wrong skin color. That and it got more Oscar buzz than Black Panther or Wonder Woman.
The only bit in Joker that seemed forced and fake to me was a trio of violent yuppies on a subway. Yeah, pre-Giuliani New York was just a-crawl with violent white yuppies.
Honestly, it's very similar to Taxi Driver and King of Comedy. And I mean that in a nice way. I'd point to it as a rare, good homage, and I will never stop being amused by the fact they used a superhero coating to sell an actual good film. And, of course, that professional critics are literally too stupid to realize it.