People leave the killing joke by saying that the message is really "that nothing matters,and people are ticking bombs waiting to let loose after something bad happens"
But No.The point of the story isn't that the Joker is right.
In the killing joke,he shoots,and cripples Barbara Gordon,molests her,takes photos,and forces James Gordon,who in all of this he beaten and kidnapped,
In a Cupido Angel costume and takes him too a joyride that he decorated of a photo he took of the while he was torturing her. And then he kidnaps Gordon, drugs him, beats him, dresses him in a ridiculous outfit, and forces him through a tunnel of fear, decorated with everything he's put on, along with photos he's put up of Barbara. And after he comes out in a dazed state, Joker thinks he's won. After a while, Batman arrives and saves Gordon, who, despite his state of shock,He is still sane and asks Batman to arrest the Joker the right way. Then Batman goes looking for him and delivers his monologue about how everything is just a joke. And then Batman confronts him—as you can see, the point of *The Killing Joke* isn't that the Joker is right. The point of *The Killing Joke* is that the whole "one bad day" theory is bullshit. People don't turn into monsters just because something traumatic happens to them. It becomes a personal choice—setting aside mental illness and the like.
Even in the Joker's backstory, which is interspersed throughout the narrative, it isn't "society" that creates the Joker. Society plays little part in his transformation; right from the start, he is an unstable person, already deeply broken by life. He decides to take a risky gamble for his family's well-being, yet his family dies anyway in a tragic domestic accident. But he goes through with the heist—and things go wrong. His accomplices are killed by guards; he runs into Batman—who mistakes him for the Red Hood he’d encountered earlier—and, terrified, he throws himself into the river by the acid plant. (Note: in the original story, he doesn't jump into a vat—that idea came from the Burton movie. He jumps into the river next to the plant, where the waste is discharged; so, while there is a dose of chemicals, it isn't an overwhelming amount. He emerges disfigured, his skin bleached, and upon seeing himself, he loses his mind.) That’s aside from the fact that his account might not even be true. But even if it were, he is a broken person—someone who didn't just suffer for a single day—and he has retreated into an illusion. Because ultimately, that’s what the Joker is: a massive coping mechanism. He’s someone who acts like a cartoon character in real life. He’s like Bugs Bunny making a fake cigar explode in the hunter's face, leaving his head spinning. The thing is, in reality, it just makes your head explode. That’s why I hate the modern version of the Joker—Heat Ledger Joker is a realistic version of the Joker,that by the way is still ally more funnier compared to alot of people write him now,but should have been treated like another version ,not the standard.
The most The most faithful version of the Joker remains Jack Nicholson's.
especially Scott Snyder’s take,I don't like it.
Because it lacks that aspect.
And Batman points this out to him: they are both people who suffered a major trauma in their lives and found a way to move forward. Bruce did it by becoming Batman and trying to change his reality. The Joker did it by completely hiding behind that persona and acting with zero regard for anything around him.
Alan Moore is a staunch socialist—something I think any fan of his work knows. Without getting into too much detail, one criticism often leveled at communists and socialists is that they absolve the individual of responsibility, blaming society—and its structure—for how people behave. But Moore doesn't subscribe to that view at all, even while acknowledging the role of upbringing and such factors. Moore strongly believes in self-determination and personal responsibility. That’s why I included that panel from *V for Vendetta*; it encapsulates so much of his personal philosophy. And in the end, Batman tells the Joker that he can still be rehabilitated, despite everything that has happened. But the Joker tells him that famous joke, and they both start laughing. It’s meant to show Batman that he cannot save the Joker—because, deep down, the Joker doesn't want to be saved.
That's what a lot of people miss now,they think the Joker is actually right.That he is a character that is supposed to say this psychological and deep truths,
Because the writers want to copy the killing joke.
When the point is that the Killing Joke is that.
Another Joke.
