{"id":13128,"date":"2008-07-15T18:04:47","date_gmt":"2008-07-16T01:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2008\/07\/15\/jokers-wild.html"},"modified":"2008-07-15T18:04:47","modified_gmt":"2008-07-16T01:04:47","slug":"jokers_wild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/07\/15\/jokers_wild.html","title":{"rendered":"Jokers Wild"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/features\/arts\/chi-batman-p5-0713jul13,0,3897735.story\" target=\"_blank\">A brief history of the Joker<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The character&#8217;s genius is that he can be continually reinvented for the times while still retaining a few immutable elements. &#8220;Like any great villain, he&#8217;s tremendously engaging,&#8221; says Paul Dini, who has handled the Joker character for 15 years, first in animation and currently as the writer of Detective Comics. &#8220;As with any trickster, even if you hate him, you also like him to some degree.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> From calculating killer to zany crook to vicious sociopath, we trace the demon&#8217;s evolution.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I actually have to admit that Heath Ledger&#8217;s street-bum appearance as the newest Joker is growing on me as I become familiar with its looks.<\/p>\n<p><small><\/p>\n<p>(via DOF)<\/p>\n<p><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A brief history of the Joker. 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I'm cool with that. And he can certainly do the action hero villain hero thing.The rest of the Suicide Squad cast isn't as well known to me. 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Controversial (as so much of Moore's work is, and not without some justification\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":42470,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/06\/10\/the-joker-and-the-kid.html","url_meta":{"origin":13128,"position":4},"title":"The Joker and the Kid","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 10-Jun-14 8:02am","format":false,"excerpt":"What's most amusing about this clip is that Hamill seems way more comfortable doing the Joker than in during Luke. Of course villains are a lot more of a hoot to play than heroes, especially one like the Joker.\ufeff View this post on Google+","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":128502,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/11\/04\/men-women-boys-girls-killing-nurturing-just-like-god-intended.html","url_meta":{"origin":13128,"position":5},"title":"Men! Women! Boys! Girls! Killing! Nurturing! Just like God intended!","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 4-Nov-15 12:39am","format":false,"excerpt":"Sorry, Dennis, a lot of points in your article -- which seems to boil down to \"gender-neutral toys spell the end of civilization\" -- just don't hold water. Or testosterone.1. 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