'Joker' Director Could Change Hollywood with This Movie

Director Todd Phillips said goodbye to big-screen comedies with 2019's'Joker.' The director of 'Road Trip,' 'Old School' and the 'Hangover' trilogy cut his teeth on big, bawdy romps that drew a crowd. Why leave the genre behind for a supervillain origin story? He blamed the woke mind virus for his curious career pivot. “Go try to be funny nowadays with this woke culture...There were articles written about why comedies don’t work anymore—I’ll tell you why, because all the f***ing funny guys are like, ‘F*** this s***, because I don’t want to offend you.’ It’s hard to argue with 30 million

Oct 3, 2024 - 15:30
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'Joker' Director Could Change Hollywood with This Movie
Director Todd Phillips said goodbye to big-screen comedies with 2019's'Joker.' The director of 'Road Trip,' 'Old School' and the 'Hangover' trilogy cut his teeth on big, bawdy romps that drew a crowd. Why leave the genre behind for a supervillain origin story? He blamed the woke mind virus for his curious career pivot. “Go try to be funny nowadays with this woke culture...There were articles written about why comedies don’t work anymore—I’ll tell you why, because all the f***ing funny guys are like, ‘F*** this s***, because I don’t want to offend you.’ It’s hard to argue with 30 million

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