DC Just Made An Iconic Location Much Worse Twice In Less Than A Month

Thanks to The Penguin and Joker: Folie à deux, a major DC Comics location has somehow been made worse than it already was in under a month. Joker 2"s divisive story was released worldwide on October 4 and furthered the story of Arthur Fleck from its 2019 predecessor. Meanwhile, HBO"s The Penguin began airing in September 2024 as a Batman-adjacent TV show set in the universe of Matt Reeves" The Batman.
With the wait for The Batman - Part II"s story ongoing, The Penguin is offering an insight into the more grounded, gritty, realistic version of Gotham that the first film introduced in 2022. Despite being set in another universe, Joker 2 was doing similar in many ways by exploring a less-exaggerated version of DC Comics" iconic city. Interestingly, both The Penguin episode 4 and Joker 2 have taken an infamous location from the source material housed within Gotham - Arkham Asylum - and made it even worse than it already was, doing so with less than two weeks between each project.
Joker: Folie à Deux Highlighted Arkham Asylum’s Cruelty Arkham Is Not Somewhere That Was Depicted Nicely In Joker 2 Firstly, Joker 2 delved into the bowels of Arkham Asylum via Arthur"s storyline. The ending of 2019"s Joker saw Arthur Fleck checked into Arkham for his actions as the eponymous clown, with Joker: Folie à Deux exploring his life in the iconic DC state hospital amid his court trial. Via the story of Joker 2, Arkham is painted in an incredibly dark light due to the other patients, Arthur"s quality of life, and, above all else, the treatment of these people by the guards responsible for rehabilitating them in Joker 2"s cast.


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