The movie Joker is nothing if not deeply disturbing. But what makes the movie so goes far beyond the demented social warrior/anti-hero of the character of Joker.  Rather, the real issue of the movie is that it offers nothing beyond him.  The lie of the movie is not the injustice shown, but the truth that is not shown.  There is no redeeming context, no balance to his brokenness, no light.  In short, it is not Joker who is so frightening; it is the world in which he lives, a world with no moral compass, no ray of hope – a world without God. A significant sub-plot emerges in Joker’s relationship with his neighbor, a young single mother who lives in the same apartment building.  Forced to use the same antiquated, barely functioning elevator, a metaphor for the no-escape, boxed-in world in which they find themselves, the shared misery of their lives blossoms into a hoped-for promise of the salvation found in love. Soon after, in a scene...(Read Full Article)