![]() ![]() He concluded by emotionally quoting a lyric written by his late brother, River Phoenix, when he was 17 years old: “Run into the rescue with love and peace will follow.” Not when we cancel each other out for past mistakes, but when we help each other to grow, when we educate each other, when we guide each other towards redemption. “And I think that’s when we’re at our best – when we support each other. I’ve been cruel at times, hard to work with, and I’m grateful that so many of you in this room have given me a second chance,” he said. He also said he hopes others are granted what he has been previously – a chance to be better. “We’re talking about the fight against the belief that one nation, one people, one race, one gender or one species has the right to dominate, control and use and exploit another with impunity,” he said. In his speech, he delivered a message of unity, saying whatever the cause was close to a person’s heart – be it gender inequality, racism or animal rights – “we’re talking about the fight against injustice.” Phoenix picked up the award for best actor, becoming the second performer to win an Oscar for playing the comic book villain. Popular TV talk show host Murray Franklin was shot dead tonight in the live telecast of his program by one of his guests.Joaquin Phoenix may have won his first Oscar for his role in “Joker,” but the actor used his moment in the spotlight to call attention to serious causes. And always remember: That’s-Īnchor 1: Breaking news. Joker: I’ll tell you what you get! You get what you fucking deserve! Murray: Call the police, Gene, call the police. Joker: …when you cross a mentally ill loner with a society that abandons him and treats him like trash!? Murray: No, I think we’ve had enough of your jokes. Joker: I know! How about another joke, Murray? Someone was killed today because of what you did. ![]() Two policemen are in critical condition, and you’re laughing, you’re laughing. Look what happened because of what you did, what it led to. Murray: You don’t know the first thing about me, pal. Murray: Me? I’m awful? Oh yeah, how am I awful? You sound like you’re making excuses for killing those young men! Not everybody, and I’ll tell you this, not everyone is awful. Murray: You finished? I mean, it’s so much self-pity, Arthur. They think that we’ll just sit there and take it like good little boys. Nobody’s civil anymore! Nobody thinks what it’s like to be the other guy! You think men like Thomas Wayne ever think what it’s like to be someone like me? To be somebody but themselves? They don’t. Have you seen what it’s like out there, Murray? Do you ever actually leave the studio? Everybody just yells and screams at each other. Murray: You have a problem with Thomas Wayne too? Joker: Oh, why is everybody so upset about these guys? If it was me dying on the sidewalk, you’d walk right over me! I pass you every day and you don’t notice me but these guys, what, because Thomas Wayne went and cried about them on TV? They couldn’t carry a tune to save their lives. ![]() That’s your defense for killing three young men? Joker: Come on, Murray… Do I look like the kind of clown that could start a movement? I killed those guys because they were awful. Murray: Okay, I think I might understand that you… did this to start a movement? To become a symbol? Isn’t it what they say? All of you… the system that knows so much… you decide what’s right or wrong? The same way that you decide what’s funny, or not. You think that killing those guys is funny? Murray: You’re serious, aren’t you? You’re telling us you killed those three young men on the subway? Murray: Okay, I’m waiting for the punchline. Joker: …killed those three Wall Street guys. Murray’s enthusiasm for Arthur quickly turns, and as he threatens to call the police, Arthur shoots him in the head on live television. Arthur waltzes out to applause, but the mood changes when he behaves lewdly, tells morbid jokes, confesses to the train murders, rants about how society abandons the downtrodden and mentally ill, and berates Murray for mocking him on the previous segment. Arthur is invited to appear on Murray’s show due to the popularity of his stand-up routine clips. Before the show goes live, Arthur requests that Murray introduce him as Joker – a reference to Murray’s mockery. ![]()
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