I plan on writing a much lengthier post about The Dark Knight, and especially about Heath Ledger’s portrayal of the Joker. But I want to get this bit out first.
It took me a while to figure out what it is about the Joker in this movie that strikes me as so fascinating and familiar and yet so terrifying, but I think I have it: Ledger takes the intense psychosis of Hannibal Lecter and mixes in the coyote characteristics of Daffy Duck. There’s likely a lot more to it than that, but I’ve seen the movie three times now — you tell me:
 |
+ |  |
= |  |
(The Joker was always my favorite villain, and Daffy is one of my favorite Warner Brothers characters, so maybe I’m predisposed to pick out similar behaviors.)
Reminds me more of Brandon Lee from the Crow:
http://www.thecrow.info/images/crow_15.jpg
Hm…. very interesting… I don’t think you’ll be needing your liver any more. Where do you live? :-)
Well, it certainly made me laugh my ass off.. :-)