With all due respect, I don’t think I have disagreed with an article in the recent past more than I do with Richard Brody's review of Joker in the October 3 issue of The New Yorker.
This is the second article I’ve read making accusations against Todd Phillips (who I was no big fan of until this movie) that I believe are largely misplaced. The first is the accusation that he’s whitewashing the infamous Bernard Goetz subway shooting, racializing...