It's scarily relevant to today, and indeed, I'm not surprised Joker drew on this and Taxi Driver…

Whilst the film is very much of its time (it all takes place in a bustling early-80s New York) its themes are not just relevant now but were extremely prescient for the time. Who is Pupkin but an Incel prior to the days of the internet? He sits in the basement acting out his…
My Favourite Underrated Martin Scorsese Film: The King of Comedy
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Simon Dillon
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Nov 18, 2023
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It's scarily relevant to today, and indeed, I'm not surprised Joker drew on this and Taxi Driver for inspiration.
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Written by Simon Dillon
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Novelist and Short Story-ist. Film and Book Lover. If you cut me, I bleed celluloid and paper pulp. Blog: www.simondillonbooks.wordpress.com
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