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I Watched ‘Joker 2’ at an Opening Night Imax Screening at the Grove: The Fanboys Were Nowhere to Be Found
I watched ‘Joker 2’ at an opening night Imax screening at the Grove. Here's what it was like.
During a Thursday editorial meeting, a Variety editor asked if anyone was willing to give up their Friday evening to write a piece covering an opening night screening of “Joker: Folie à Deux.” After an interminable silence with no takers, I reluctantly raised my hand. With Todd Phillips’ previous “Joker,” I watched Joaquin Phoenix transform into the titular Clown Prince of Darkness from a plum seat at the Toronto Film Festival during its world premiere at a theater filled with journalists and VIPs. The vast majority of patrons were couples — straight, gay, young, middle-aged — holding hands, cuddling for a film that would soon feature the titular psycho bashing a judge’s head with a gavel until his brain matter runneth over the stand.
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