Ross Bonaime is the Senior Film Editor at Collider. He is a Virginia-based critic, writer, and editor who has written about all forms of entertainment for Paste Magazine, Brightest Young Things, Flickchart, The Free Lance-Star, and more.
The Big Picture The road to getting The People’s Joker released in theaters has been a long one. After making its premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival, later screenings were canceled due to “rights issues.” Considering that the film was largely a parody of DC properties, it seemed entirely likely that the film might never see the light of day. But now, nearly two years after its initial premiere, The People’s Joker is finally getting a release. It was well worth the wait.
But once a teenager, this child decides to move to Gotham to become a comedian on the show UCB Live. Upon starting the show, our lead is told that they are a male joker—which is seen as a positive, as that means they’ll have a long career ahead of them—as opposed to the female Harlequins, who are little more than backup dancers.
What makes this wild, ambitious experiment work is Drew, who not only bares her soul via this screenplay, but gives a hilarious, weird, and often touching performance as Joker the Harlequin. Drew is telling the story not just of her transition and self-acceptance, but her coming up in the comedy world, and the difficulties of not fitting into a box within that scene.
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