"Joker" Was Based On This True Story of an Unhinged Man

The Killing Joke

Conrad's influence didn't stop there. His film, The Man Who Laughs, inspired The Killing Joke, a graphic novel which was the jumping-off point for Joaquin Phoenix in his performance of Joker (2019). Both the novel and film are directly drawn from Gwynplaine and even Conrad’s life, depicting both people as tragic outcasts...

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