Los Angeles police to increase presence around theaters

Los Angeles Police announced on Friday that they will increase their presence around theaters that will screen the film next week. Joker, at the heart of a controversy causing some to fear the possibility of acts of violence on the sidelines of the sessions.

“Los Angeles Police are on notice of public concerns and the historic impact associated with the release of the Joker. Although there is no plausible threat in the Los Angeles area, the police will maintain high visibility around cinemas during the release, ”an LAPD spokeswoman told AFP. “We encourage everyone to go out and enjoy the leisure activities that the city offers this weekend,” added Rosie Cervantes, while appealing to the public to be vigilant.

Concerns about the Joker character

Tuesday, five family members of the victims of the shooting in Aurora (Colorado), in which a young man of 24 opened fire during the screening of the film The Dark Knight Rises and shot 12 people, published an open letter to the Warner studio, which produced Joker.

They express their concern that a movie might feature a character like the Joker, who was already featured in Christopher Nolan’s feature film adapted from The Adventures of Batman, The Dark Knight Rises.

An isolated individual who turns into a psychopath

Joker evokes the transformation of a depressive comedian battered by society, ultimately taking his fate in hand to become the Machiavellian and violent character who will end up being Batman’s nemesis. In their letter, the families point out that the Aurora shooting in 2012 was “perpetrated by a socially isolated individual who felt ‘wronged’ by society.”

“It is not the intentions of the film, of those who made it or of the studio to portray this character as a hero,” Warner Bros. replied of Joker. The film will be released on October 9 in France.