"You don't listen, do you? You just ask the same questions every week. How's your job? Are you having any negative thoughts? All I have are negative thoughts." While I understand that Arthur Fleck is a fictional character in a movie, those words rang around my head for days after I watched Joker. It made me sad. I took it home with me, pondered on it and couldn't shake the feeling. This wasn't because I was sucked into a movie. This was because these words echo real life. A