Mank director David Fincher has described Todd Phillips’ Oscar-winning Joker as “a betrayal” of mentally ill people.
In contrast, however, film-maker and disability activist Justin Edgar praised Joker as “a classic of disability cinema, a film that takes the experience of the outsider and makes us root for them”.
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In the Guardian, medical professionals Annabel Driscoll and Mina Husain described this as “not only misinformed but [it] further amplifies stigma and fear”.