Joker: Folie à Deux

Representation / casting choices

White leads match the source comic characters and Gotham setting with no visible diversity push or swaps.

Political / ideological dialogue

Some talk about mental illness and society appears, but it stays personal and tragic with no activist or identity lectures.

Identity-driven story themes

The story examines Arthur’s split identity and romance, but through a psychological lens only, with no race, gender, or queer focus.

Institutional / cultural critique

It shows problems with media, courts, and violent fan culture as part of one man’s mental collapse, not as modern anti-conservative or identity-framed attack.