The People's Joker | Official Trailer - Vera Drew, Lynn Downey
In the absurdist autobiographically-inspired dark comedy that boldly reimagines the Joker’s origin, a painfully unfunny aspiring clown (Vera Drew as Joker the Harlequin) grapples with her gender identity while unsuccessfully attempting to join the ranks of Gotham City’s sole comedy program in a world where comedy has been outlawed. Uniting with a ragtag team of rejects and misfits, Joker the Harlequin forms an illegal anti-comedy troupe that puts her on a collision course with the devious caped crusader controlling the city.
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00:00 Gotham City is nothing but neon biker gangs, leather freaks, and cross-dressers.
00:05 Is that what you want?
00:07 Come home!
00:09 No I won't, Mom! I'm gonna be a comedian!
00:12 [Screaming]
00:14 When I look back on my life, before going "Jokeman to Harlequin" so to speak,
00:19 I wasn't even sure I existed.
00:21 [Screaming]
00:23 It's like blurry, cracked mosaic of all these gender revelations.
00:26 You mean she's a "he"?
00:28 [Screaming]
00:30 Um, I'm trans.
00:32 Uh, uh, well, I'm sorry. Well, I'm not sorry.
00:35 I was fairly certain I was in love, and I was so afraid of that feeling going away.
00:40 Ah, but you should be afraid.
00:44 I just want my happy little boy back!
00:46 I just don't feel like a boy.
00:48 Fear not. Boy, I've developed an experimental treatment.
00:53 Show me Mama's happy little boy.
00:55 [Screaming]
00:56 It also comes in rainbow for pride.
00:58 It was foretold that someday a clown would rise.
01:04 Sounds pretentious.
01:05 It is, whatever you say, Mr. J.
01:08 Hunka hunka.
01:09 Now you must journey inside yourself.
01:12 I'm not a hero, and I'm not a villain either.
01:15 So who are you?
01:18 I'm a woman of my word.
01:20 [Screaming]
01:22 [Screaming]
01:26 Oh, [bleep]! I thought clowns were supposed to be funny.
01:29 [Music]
01:33 (explosion)
01:35 [BLANK_AUDIO]