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Joker Stairs

Arthur Fleck dances down a long outdoor staircase in his Joker suit.

The Joker in a red suit dancing triumphantly down a long city staircase
Image: Warner Bros., via Imgflip

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From
Joker (2019)
Type
Movie
Who
Arthur Fleck / Joker (Joaquin Phoenix)
Timecode
Not added yet
Became a meme
2019

The scene

Late in the film, Arthur, now fully the Joker, dances down a steep staircase in the Bronx to Gary Glitter’s “Rock and Roll Part 2”. The stairs became a tourist attraction.

The image stands for a triumphant, unhinged moment of freedom, or for giving up on being reasonable.

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