THE FIGHT TO BRING GOTHAM A NEW KIND OF VILLAIN
THE FILMMAKER BEHIND THE PEOPLE’S JOKER ON MAKING A PERSONAL PARODY IN DC’S WORLD
Director/writer/actor/producer Vera Drew as Joker the Harlequin
THERE IS A Joker movie due out this year you’ll have heard of —Joker: Folie À Deux, from DC Films. But there is another Joker movie on the slate: The People’s Joker, a chaotic mixed-media parody movie which re-imagines Batman’s greatest foe as a trans woman in Gotham City embarking on a coming-of-age romance. Shot in just five days, it is totally unauthorised by DC —and was very nearly banned.