One of Todd Phillips’ Biggest Questions Joker left viewers wondering if Arthur killed his neighbor Sophie. Of course, in Joker: Folie à Deux Sophie is revealed to be alive, which opens up the question, why didn’t he do it? 2019s Joker offered a fresh take on DC’s most famous Batman villain. Unsurprisingly, this film has a much darker tone than many other films based on comic book characters. Part of the film’s intrigue is that it leaves the answers to the imagination, including a number of questions left in Joker: Folie à Deux.
To Joker: Folie à Deux, One of the biggest questions is the fate of Sophie (Zazie Beetz), Arthur’s neighbor, who his character and the audience believe is in a relationship with him for much of the film. Because Arthur suffers from mental illness, one of the biggest twists in the story was the revelation that some of what was on screen was only in Arthur’s head, including his affair with Sophie. When the illusion is broken, Sophie reacts with fear. Arthur leaves and Sophie does not appear again.
Deleted Joker scene reveals Arthur Fleck didn’t kill Sophie
After Todd Phillips himself spoke out on the matter and the film’s official script was published online in 2019, it was eventually confirmed that Arthur did not kill Sophie in Joker. Fortunately, Her character was originally supposed to appear again in a deleted scene where she watched Arthur’s murderous appearance on Live with Murray Franklin. She and her daughter were written to react with horror to the events of the episode and their consequences as they watched them unfold on television.
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While audiences won’t know she survived just by watching the film, Joker: Folie à Deux shows that she is still alive. Beetz reprized the role of Sophie in the cast Joker: Folie à Deuxand was one of the witnesses called to testify at the trial of Arthur Fleck for the multiple murders he committed in the first film. She tells what happened that night when Arthur entered her apartment.
Why doesn’t Arthur Fleck kill Sophie in Joker?
Although he and his behavior are greatly disturbed throughout JokerMany of Arthur Fleck’s murders are not as random as they might seem. The violence he uses (though it is in no way justified) represents the beaten man’s attempt to reject the accepted life of society and to even the score in some unhealthy way. At the moment, his first three victims are drunken employees of Wayne Enterprises, who pestered and beat the main character on the subway.
Later, after learning the truth about his mother and their horrific past together, he kills her in the hospital. And while preparing for Murray’s show, he kills his former colleague Randall. Arthur spares his other former colleague, Gary, who was with Randall when he was killed, and later appears to testify at Arthur’s trial in Joker: Folie à Deux. Even though it’s disgusting these examples make “logical” sense from the point of view Joker The main character feels unwell.
Unlike many other people in his life, Sophie’s behavior towards Arthur was never mean or wrong.
Also, the way Arthur spares Gary, even verbally admitting that he’s doing it because he’s always been good to him, is the other half of the equation for why he lets Sophie live. She was nice to him in the elevator and even treated him with respect and offered to help him when he creepily showed up at her apartment. Unlike many other people in his life, Sophie’s behavior towards Arthur was never mean or wrong.. For this simple reason, like Gary, Arthur lets his neighbor live.
Why Todd Phillips cut Sophie’s scene from Joker
It’s an interesting creative choice to omit Joker a scene confirming Sophie’s survival after her illusion-shattering interaction with Arthur in her living room. According to a 2019 article from IGN“Phillips noted that he cut Sophie’s reaction moment precisely because it went against the film’s theme of always keeping things from Arthur’s point of view. It would be a moment away from Arthur and the people he dealt with directly.“
This is very true: Joker the story is the story of Arthur Fleck and his own subjective experience.no matter how unreliable and/or fictitious they may be. Since its release, there has been debate about what actually happened in the film. After all, if Arthur’s entire relationship with Sophie is a fantasy, then how Joker can be considered as objectively real or true? Of course, finding that answer isn’t the point of the article, so it makes sense that Todd Phillips ultimately decided to cut the scene proving that Arthur didn’t kill Sophie.
Sophie’s return in Joker: Folie A Deux explained
Joker: Folie à Deux shows Sophie reliving the events of the first film when she is called to testify at Arthur’s trial. Even though Sophie is an important part of the first film, she is only present in the sequel scene. However, this is also incredibly important because Sophie’s testimony provides a deeper look into Arthur and his relationship with his mother.through conversations she had with Penny Fleck.
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Sophie explains how Penny Fleck really felt about her son. She was horrified that Arthur wanted to be a comedian, thinking that he wasn’t really funny, and what she told Arthur about how she was born to make people happy was just a lie that she fabricated. Her testimony reveals what she was really thinking about Arthur during the events Jokerand confirms a deleted scene from when she watched him on the Murray Franklin Show. Sophie’s role in the film is one of the turning points in Arthur’s confession of his crimes.
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Source: IGN