小丑 - 名為希望的絕望 | Joker - Desperation within aspiration
- Lam Lin
- Nov 26, 2019
- 3 min read
小丑,是一部講述一個被世界遺棄的精神病人對社會的反噬。其實有沒有加上DC反派元素,故事依然精彩。當然加上小丑起源的旗號,的確會有更多話題性和追看性。
以為朋友借槍幫忙保護自己,結果出事時馬上推卸責任。
以為機構的心理導師會聆聽自己,卻發現她豪不在乎,只是拿著工資進行機器式的輔導。
以為找到真正父親,原來是母親幻想的謊言。
以為一直愛護自己的母親,其實一直虐待自己直至自己都瘋了。
以為自己的才華終於被偶像認同,卻被推上節目做笑柄。
一個一個的假希望,把他打進深淵般的絕望。本來已經接受自己是失敗者,打算把公開自殺當作自己最後的輓歌,對漠不關心的世界作出最後的控訴。但最後連自我了斷的舞臺都在嘲笑中給摧毀了,決定讓傷害他的人陪葬。你會發現絕望是沒有盡頭,只會無限升級。由自我摧毀,演變成全世界一起“攬抄”。
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諷刺地,如同我城般,Gotham City 的市民就身處在這壓力熔爐之中。勞動階層的不滿罷工和政府毫不在乎的施政導致全市充滿垃圾,疾病蔓延。同時社會福利也一步步的減少。活在平衡時空的富豪參選人說給大家希望卻讓人民感到無比離地。在生活艱難的時代,大家只是妥協著,忍耐著,認命了。最後,小丑的一顆子彈,赤裸裸的在電氣大波,把沉醉於粉色太平、散播著假希望的喜劇和新聞的平民叫醒了。
希望,絕望其實只不過一線之差。
沒有希望的期盼,哪有絕望的深淵。
沒有絕望的黑暗,哪有希望的黎明。
抱著複雜的心情,畫了這一幅畫。
Joker is a story about the vengeance of a mental patient abandoned by the world against the society. No matter whether it includes elements of DC villain or not, the story is still marvellous. Honestly, the tale of Joker's origin adds up to greater topicality and gimmicky.
Receiving a gun from his friend to help protect himself, he finds out that his friend immediately shirks the responsibility when there is some misunderstanding.
Consulting government's psychological advisor, he finds out that she does not give a damn about her patients’ needs as she merely wishes to fulfil her daily job routine and get paid.
Receiving the hope of finding his true father, he then succumbs to the fact that it is just a lie packing his mother's fantasy.
Believing his mother who has always cared for him, he realises that he is only an adopted child brutally abused by her until he went insane and locked up in the asylum.
Having his talent finally recognized by his idols, he does not have any idea that he is to be utilized as a “joker” to be belittled and mocked at him in order to boost the views.
Stuck in the loop of false hope, he drops into the abyss of desperation. He has accepted that he is a loser and intends to commit suicide publicly as an ultimate complaint against the cruel world. Yet, in the end, even the stage of self-destruction is destroyed in ridicule, triggering his decision to bury whoever hurts him. Despair is endless and will only manifest itself indefinitely. "If I burn, you burn with us."
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Ironically, like my city, the citizens of Gotham City are in the pressure furnace. The strike of the working class and the failure of governments' measures make the city worse. The city is occupied by rubbish and disease. The rich politicians who promise to give everyone unrealistic hope to make the people feel extremely insecure sounds like he is from the parallel universe. In such a difficult time, everyone chooses to compromise and endure. Finally, Joker's bullet woke up the civilians who indulged in the forged peace and brainwashing comedy and media in front of the camera.
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Hope and desperation are hard to define.
Without hope, there is no depression.
Yet without desperation, there is no aspiration.
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Carrying a complicated mood, I draw this.
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