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The Joke Was on Him!

Why is the Joker such a marvelous villain? He’s a clown, and clowns have a way of addressing something inherent in the human condition: risk. This has been true in theater, whose line runs from ancient Greece to today, mainly, that characters must take risks.

We can’t mistake the fact that clowns take risks that make their actions riveting for us to watch. There is potential both for success and for failure. Since we are used to minimizing risks, nobody wants to play the fool. So, we like it when someone does, like the guy dressed up as Joker.

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