People
Francis Bacon
Joker
Fictional Character
The Nolan/Ledger Joker differed from many of his past iterations in the fact that rather than explicitly assigning him a backstory, or ignoring it altogether, they deliberately obscured his past. By having him tell different versions of the story of how he got his scars to different people, the audience is left not knowing which, if any, is real. The resulting effect is of a truly unnerving, yet fascinating character. Leaving the ‘gaps’ may have been necessary (for reasons of time or the flow of the film) but Nolan, like Bacon, paradoxically uses the void to enhance his work. The effect for the audience is the same as that which Bacon has on Nolan – they are left ‘thinking about what’s in that dark space behind’.
Interestingly, while Nolan developed the Bacon link, he was not the first to notice the connection. Tim Burton’s 1989 Batman film has the Joker intervening to save just one piece of art from destruction at a museum: Francis Bacon’s Figure With Meat.
Cities
Gotham City
Gotham City , or simply Gotham, is a fictional city appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, best known as the home of Batman. The city was first identified as Batman's place of residence in Batman #4 (December 1940) and has since been the primary setting for stories featuring the character. Gotham City is traditionally depicted as being located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Over the years, Gotham's look and atmosphere has been influenced by cities such as New York City and Chicago. Locations used as inspiration or filming locations for Gotham City in the live-action Batman films and television series have included New York City, New Jersey, Chicago, Vancouver, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, London, and Hong Kong.
Joker
Fictional Character
Gotham remains his primary home and Batman his biggest adversary, and no hero is perhaps better suited as in many ways, the Joker is the polar opposite of the Dark Knight. Both were created by a great tragedy, but Batman has since vowed to do whatever it takes to prevent similar incidents, the Joker revels in creating chaos and destroying lives, believing that life’s a big joke and psychotically demonstrating that in a moment, it can all change.
Cuisine
Shrimp and prawn as food
Shrimp and prawn are important types of seafood that are consumed worldwide. Although shrimp and prawns belong to different suborders of Decapoda, they are very similar in appearance and the terms are often used interchangeably in commercial farming and wild fisheries. A distinction is drawn in recent aquaculture literature, which increasingly uses the term "prawn" only for the freshwater forms of palaemonids and "shrimp" for the marine penaeids. In the United Kingdom, the word "prawn" is more common on menus than "shrimp"; the opposite is the case in North America. The term "prawn" is also loosely used for any large shrimp, especially those that come 15 (or fewer) to the pound (such as "king prawns", yet sometimes known as "jumbo shrimp"). Australia and some other Commonwealth nations follow this British usage to an even greater extent, using the word "prawn" almost exclusively. When Australian comedian Paul Hogan used the phrase, "I'll slip an extra shrimp on the barbie for you" in an American television advertisement, it was intended to make what he was saying easier for his American audience to understand, and was thus a deliberate distortion of what an Australian would typically say. In Britain very small crustaceans with a brownish shell are called shrimp, and are used to make potted shrimps. They are also used in dishes where they are not the primary ingredient. The French term crevette is often encountered in restaurants. Shrimp and other shellfish are among the most common food allergens. The Jewish laws of Kashrut forbid the eating of shrimp. According to the King James version of the Old Testament, it is acceptable to eat finfish, but shrimp are an abomination and should not be eaten. In Islam, the Shafi'i, Maliki, Hanbali and Ja'fari schools allow the eating of shrimp, while the Hanafi school does not.
Joker
Fictional Character
Joker: "Man, I love shrimps."
Mint Chocolate Chip Milk Shake
Joker
Fictional Character
In an issue of Detective Comics, Joker tries to treat Tim Drake to a burger drive through where he enthusiastically orders half the items on the menu, and notes that he loves their apple pies and mint chocolate shakes. Although he doesn't get to eat any of it cause the drive thru clerk couldn't understand his order, which meant Joker had to kill him.
Apple pie
An apple pie is a pie in which the principal filling ingredient is apple. It is often served with whipped cream, ice cream ("apple pie à la mode"), or cheddar cheese. It is generally double-crusted, with pastry both above and below the filling; the upper crust may be solid or latticed (woven of crosswise strips). The bottom crust may be baked separately ("blind") to prevent it from getting soggy. Deep-dish apple pie often has a top crust only and tarte Tatin is baked with the crust on top, but served with it on the bottom. Apple pie is an unofficial symbol of the United States and one of its signature comfort foods.
Joker
Fictional Character
In an issue of Detective Comics, Joker tries to treat Tim Drake to a burger drive through where he enthusiastically orders half the items on the menu, and notes that he loves their apple pies and mint chocolate shakes. Although he doesn't get to eat any of it cause the drive thru clerk couldn't understand his order, which meant Joker had to kill him.
Steak
A steak is a meat generally sliced across the muscle fibers, potentially including a bone. Exceptions, in which the meat is sliced parallel to the fibers, include the skirt steak cut from the plate, the flank steak cut from the abdominal muscles, and the silverfinger steak cut from the loin and including three rib bones. In a larger sense, fish steaks, ground meat steaks, pork steak, and many more varieties of steak are known. Steak is usually grilled, but can be pan-fried. It is often grilled in an attempt to replicate the flavor of steak cooked over the glowing coals of an open fire. sheep, ostrich, pigs, reindeer, turkey, deer, and zebu, as well as various types of fish, especially salmon and large pelagic fish such as swordfish, shark, and marlin. For some meats, such as pork, lamb and mutton, chevon, and veal, these cuts are often referred to as chops. Some cured meat, such as gammon, is commonly served as steak. Grilled portobello mushroom may be called mushroom steak, and similarly for other vegetarian dishes. Imitation steak is a food product that is formed into a steak shape from various pieces of meat. Grilled fruits such as watermelon have been used as vegetarian steak alternatives.
Joker
Fictional Character
He has a pretty varied palette.
If someone else is paying (ie they're treating him, or he's robbed them), he's been shown to enjoy typical fancy things like steak and lobsters.
Beauty
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Joker
Fictional Character
There were no prosthetics used in creating Fleck's look, and very little CGI; the only cited instance of its use was in touching up Fleck's bloody smile near the film's conclusion. No, most of the character's look was achieved in the makeup chair — when the crew could actually get Phoenix into it, that is.
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Joker
Fictional Character
There were no prosthetics used in creating Fleck's look, and very little CGI; the only cited instance of its use was in touching up Fleck's bloody smile near the film's conclusion. No, most of the character's look was achieved in the makeup chair — when the crew could actually get Phoenix into it, that is.
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Joker
Fictional Character
Having a Joker without emerald hair would be like a Batman sans cape, cowl and all those wonderful toys.
Fashion
Joaquin Phoenix Joker Costume
Joaquin Phoenix Joker Costume
Joker
Fictional Character
This Joker dons a maroon red two-piece suit with shoulder pads, a gold waistcoat, and a green collared shirt. Visually, he is a totally new iteration of the maniacal DC villain. And he looks undeniably cool.
Batman The Dark Knight Joker Deluxe Costume
Joker
Fictional Character
Caesar Romero’s Joker, from the 1966 Batman show, already sported a classic suit in a violet shade, while the Joker’s pantsuit from the ‘70s and ‘80s comic book was more lilac. Jack Nicholson’s Joker, from director Tim Burton’s Batman paired his purple blazer with orange instead of green, bringing his own kind of glamour to the table in 1989. This costume was echoed in Batman: The Animated Series, where the Mark Hamill-voiced Joker had a similar but slightly less flamboyant suit.
DC Collectibles: The Joker Cane Prop Replica
Joker
Fictional Character
The Cane. The Joker’s always been a bit of a dandy, right down to his 3-piece suit (with tails and spats) and walking stick. It’s not just a prop, though, to look good in a Carmine Infantino pin-up. Inside there’s a razor-sharp sword. That Joker… such a cut up.
Cars
Infinity G35 Vaydor
The Vaydor G35 is a kit car that is designed to be built onto a 2003-2007 Infiniti G35 coupe donor car. It was originally built by Vaydor Bodykits LLC, which is based out of Pinellas Park, Florida. Originally, Vaydor Bodykits sold the Vaydor as a kit, requiring the customer to provide their own Infiniti G35. However, in 2018, the Vaydor design was sold to Custom Crafted Cars, who now sells the Vaydor as a turn-key custom car for $150,000. The Vaydor was featured as the Joker's car in the 2016 film Suicide Squad, and was also featured on Fox News. Custom Crafted Cars plans to release an all-new Vaydor model built onto a custom tube chassis and powered by motors from a Tesla
Joker
Fictional Character
The custom car dubbed the "Vaydor" was designed by Matt MacEntegart. The car, which he built in his Florida shop, is a kit car with "a fiberglass body that is placed over an Infiniti G35 frame
Hobby
Chemical engineering
Chemical engineering is a branch of engineering that uses principles of chemistry, physics, mathematics, biology, and economics to efficiently use, produce, design, transport and transform energy and materials. The work of chemical engineers can range from the utilisation of nano-technology and nano-materials in the laboratory to large-scale industrial processes that convert chemicals, raw materials, living cells, microorganisms, and energy into useful forms and products. Chemical engineers are involved in many aspects of plant design and operation, including safety and hazard assessments, process design and analysis, modeling, control engineering, chemical reaction engineering, nuclear engineering, biological engineering, construction specification, and operating instructions. Chemical engineers typically hold a degree in Chemical Engineering or Process Engineering. Practising engineers may have professional certification and be accredited members of a professional body. Such bodies include the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) or the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). A degree in chemical engineering is directly linked with all of the other engineering disciplines, to various extents.
Joker
Fictional Character
Joker creates most of his weapons himself from the domestic chemicals in the home. Joker is a chemical weapons expert. Joker has military experience and training but chemical weapons are his speciality. Joker also likes to use machine guns because they sound like a man laughing. Joker has lots of save houses all over the USA and in Gotham City plus his clubs and casinos. Joker is a powerful Gangsta/ mobster boss.
Comedy
In a modern sense, comedy (from the wikt:κωμῳδία, kōmōidía) is a genre of fiction that refers to any discourse or work generally intended to be [[humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, television, film, stand-up comedy, books and novels or any other medium of entertainment. The origins of the term are found in Ancient Greece. In the Athenian democracy, the public opinion of voters was influenced by the political satire performed by the comic poets at the theaters. The theatrical genre of Greek comedy can be described as a dramatic performance which pits two groups or societies against each other in an amusing agon or conflict. Northrop Frye depicted these two opposing sides as a "Society of Youth" and a "Society of the Old." A revised view characterizes the essential agon of comedy as a struggle between a relatively powerless youth and the societal conventions that pose obstacles to his hopes. In this struggle, the youth is understood to be constrained by his lack of social authority, and is left with little choice but to take recourse in ruses which engender very dramatic irony which provokes laughter. Satire and political satire use comedy to portray persons or social institutions as ridiculous or corrupt, thus alienating their audience from the object of their humor. Parody subverts popular genres and forms, critiquing those forms without necessarily condemning them. Other forms of comedy include screwball comedy, which derives its humor largely from bizarre, surprising (and improbable) situations or characters, and black comedy, which is characterized by a form of humor that includes darker aspects of human behavior or human nature. Similarly scatological humor, sexual humor, and race humor create comedy by violating social conventions or taboos in comic ways. A comedy of manners typically takes as its subject a particular part of society (usually upper-class society) and uses humor to parody or satirize the behavior and mannerisms of its members. Romantic comedy is a popular genre that depicts burgeoning romance in humorous terms and focuses on the foibles of those who are falling in love.
Joker
Fictional Character
The most widely cited back-story can be seen in Alan Moore's The Killing Joke. It depicts him as originally being an engineer at a chemical plant who quit his job to pursue his dream of being a stand-up comedian.
Sports
Martial arts
Martial arts are codified systems and traditions of combat practiced for a number of reasons such as self-defense; military and law enforcement applications; competition; physical, mental and spiritual development; and entertainment or the preservation of a nation's intangible cultural heritage. Although the term martial art has become associated with the fighting arts of East Asia, it originally referred to the combat systems of Europe as early as the 1550s. The term is derived from Latin and means "arts of Mars", the Roman god of war. Some authors have argued that fighting arts or fighting systems would be more appropriate on the basis that many martial arts were never "martial" in the sense of being used or created by professional warriors.
Joker
Fictional Character
The Joker has been known to be able to hold his own in hand-to-hand combat against Batman, however every time he is subdued by Batman, it is through physical force. However, the Joker has proven to be very skilled in the area of martial arts as well, this being proven when beating Batman once in a fight without "cheating".
Other
Figure with Meat
According to Mary Louise Schumacher of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Bacon appropriated the famous portrait, with its subject, enthroned and draped in satins and lace, his stare stern and full of authority. In Bacon's version, animal carcasses hang at the pope's back, creating a raw and disturbing Crucifixion-like composition. The pope's hands, elegant and poised in Velázquez's version, are rough hewn and gripping the church's seat of authority in apparent terror. His mouth is held in a scream and black striations drip down from the pope's nose to his neck. It's as if Bacon picked up a wide house painting brush and brutishly dragged it over the face. The fresh meat recalls the lavish arrangements of fruits, meats and confections in 17th-century vanitas paintings, which usually carried subtle moralizing messages about the impermanence of life and the spiritual dangers of sensual pleasures. Sometimes, the food itself showed signs of being overripe or spoiled, to make the point. Bacon weds the imagery of salvation, worldly decadence, power and carnal sensuality, and he contrasts those things with his own far more palpable and existential view of damnation".[1]
Joker
Fictional Character
At the end of his iconoclastic romp through the Flugelheim Museum in Gotham City in Tim Burton’s Batman (1989), the Joker (Jack Nicholson), sticks out his cane and stops Bob from vandalizing the Francis Bacon. He says to him, “I kind of like this one, Bob, leave it."
This is a joke about Bacon, of course, and his existential angst, which perhaps in 89 was considered somewhat passe, but also about what the tastes of a psycho in contemporary art might be as well. While most of the works of art that were vandalized were beautiful in conventional ways of art, this was an anti-beauty ugly work of art. The fact that the face of the screaming Pope or Figure with Meat.
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