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>"Ultimately, the metafiction reflects Arthur's characterization; just as his society only cares for him for what he represents as Joker and rejects him when he renounces that persona, so does the audience reject Arthur.[143] As a result, many said the film is a "very expensive punch line" for the same audiences who saw the first film,[41] and that Todd Phillips himself was in a sense "the Joker" for consciously subverting the audience and studio's expectations.[144]"
>Todd Phillips himself was in a sense "the Joker" for consciously subverting the audience and studio's expectations