The Subtextual Symbolism is Strong With This One, or Why I’m Hooked on Supernatural

There’s something deeply alluring about the long-form of most of our modern television narratives. Spending hours getting to know characters and exploring the world they populate is intensely satisfying, and so much of the output that is now readily available is about quality storytelling, catering to us - the audience - as we’ve grown used …

JOKER and the Pursuit of Happiness

This article contains spoilers throughout. Arthur Fleck has been told his whole life to put on a happy face: by his mother, by society, by himself. He has grown up in the belief that he was put on this Earth to spread joy and laughter, but with the very first scene of Joker, it’s made …