Before Amanda Conner’s and Jim Palmiotti’s Harley Quinn, Harley had a short—well, short for a comic book character—and successful career, appearing in television shows, Batman comics, her own lead comic, and as a lead in two different team comics. On September 11, 1992, Harley Quinn debuted as the Joker’s “hench-wench” on Batman: The Animated Series, created under the direction of Paul Dini and Bruce Timm. Arleen Sorkin, a main contributor to her continuation on the series, voiced the character. Originally, Sorkin “appeared in a dream sequence on [Days of Our Lives] in which she wore a jester costume; Dini used this scene as inspiration for Quinn. Having been friends with Sorkin since college, he incorporated aspects of her personality …show more content…
During Batman Animated and Mad Love, Harley’s story is entwined with the Joker’s. There are instances of her individuality, but he is her primary concern. In Harley Quinn Volume1 (2001-2004) , Harley breaks free of the Joker and enjoys numerous story lines of her own volition. However, she is still obsessed with the idea of the Joker even though they are broken up. In Gotham City Sirens (2009-2011), Harley is, once again, broken up with the Joker. While she appears much more childlike and ditzy in this incarnation, she is seen less as the Joker’s girlfriend and more as a friend to Catwoman and Poison …show more content…
With the Joker’s presence, Harley would still be subjugated to the gendered violence described by Taylor. Even in moments of seeming independence in the past, all readers knew it would never last because she always had the opportunity to return to the cycle of abuse. By removing the cycle completely with the death of the Joker, Harley is now forced to discover who she is as a character without the Joker. In doing so, she is able to embody the classic feminine qualities of submissive, gullible, naïve, clingy, possessive, possessed, innocent, and ornamental. She is also able to embody the classic masculine characteristics of strong, confident, protective, powerful, and
Annie [played by Aileen Quinn] is a story written by Martin Charnin about a little girl who was left for the doorstep of an orphanage when she was extremely little and goes on to live a miserable life of working at the orphanage. Until one day a person named Grace Farrel [played by Ann Reinking] came along and invited one orphan to stay with her and Oliver Warbucks [played by Albert Finney]. During Annie’s stay Mr. Warbucks realizes how much he likes Annie and wants her to stay. In a way to tell her he gives her a new locket. Without knowing, Annie doesn't accept the locket in result of her own was given to her by her parents before she had been given up. With this knowledge a search is sent out with a reward of $50,000. With
Harte showed Duchess’s emotional side of her. Her “...pent-up feelings found vent in a few hysterical tears...” (Harte, 2) shows the Duchess as emotional, a drama queen, spontaneous and impulsive. This was before she changed, though. “The Duchess, previously a selfish and solitary character, does all she can to comfort and console the fearful Piney.” (Moss and Wilson, 4) Duchess's character reveals that people can switch their habits no matter what the circumstances
In the story, instances are shown of her hiding her feminine qualities such as “And in spite of all her attempts to conceal them, in that sexless get-up, you can still make out the evidence of some rather extraordinary breasts”(55). By the author using the untraditional role of a woman as the main antagonist, readers have a tendancy to be more drawn to what makes her so powerful and scary. And the part that makes Nurse scary is the fact that she does not want to be seen as a woman! She understands the political underlyings of her era and if she wants to maintain a position of strength, then all ties to her gender must be cut loose. The odd choice of a female character creates more interest for the readers to pay attention to the story.
... among the first people to break out of these roles Diana leaves herself open to ridicule. This can be seen in the strained relationships she has with her best friend and others in her high school. Moreover, because Diana defies the gender stereotypes she has a hard time being accepted by both boys and girls—society does not know how to treat her since she does not fit into any of its categories.
Characterization plays an important role when conveying how one’s personality can disintegrate by living in a restrictive society. Although Kat is slowly loosing her mind, in the story, she is portrayed as a confident woman who tries to strive for excellence. This can be seen when she wants to name the magazine “All the Rage”. She claims that “it’s a forties sounds” and that “forties is back” (311). However the board of directors, who were all men, did not approve. They actually “though it was too feminist, of all things” (311). This passage not only shows how gender opportunities is apparent in the society Kat lives in, but also shows the readers why Kat starts to loose her mind.
In Batman (1989) by Tim Burton, Jack Nicholson played the role of the Joker. One important fact of his evaluation as the Joker in this movie is analyzing his origin story. The Joker betraying his boss (Carl Grissom) causes him to turn into the Joker for the first time by falling into Acme chemicals. This happened because Jack Napier (Joker) was having an affair with his boss 's mistress where Carl Grissom manipulated him to rob a chemical company. Here is where Batman first appeared and tried
The Joker is an important character in Batman movies. He is always shown to be a bad, evil character. However, he has secret reasons why he does what he does. If these secrets were well known he might be considered to be a popular Vigilante. He is doing this is because he wants to change Gotham City to a place that crooks can’t live and be safe from crimes and gangs, he kills evil for the greater good and uses a knife to bring forth justice because Joker did lots of things that Batman couldn’t. Do you still thinks that Joker is a bad
Batman (Christian Bale) is hoping to hand on his crime fighting duties to D.A Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) yet when Batman’s cards are on the table the twisted mastermind who goes by the name of the joker (Heath Ledger), forces the masked vigilante to go against everything he ever stood for.
Bruce Almighty is a fiction story about a man who, after enduring a bad day, blasphemes God. He blames him for all the wrong doing in his life, and orders God to answer him. God does answer Bruce, appearing to Bruce as a janitor. After convincing Bruce he is God, he then bestows all of his Godly powers upon Bruce and tells him, “If you can do it better, than be my guest.”
The creators of the joker were Jerry Robinson, Bill Finger, and Bob Kane. The joker was at first a straightforwar...
The article expounds upon the characters: Harley Quinn, Catwoman, and Poison Ivy. The author discusses how these female fatales were seen as a threat because of their power and authority. They are objectified because they used their sexuality in order to achieve their goals. For example, Batman recounts to Albert, his butler how Harley Quinn used her sexuality in order to advance her goals to become a psychiatrist during graduate school. In the franchise, the characters exhibit a defiance of societal norms. As a result, the women are portrayed as dangerous and monstrous. However in order to survive in society, they each rely on their displays of sexuality and seduction to advance their motives. For example, Poison Ivy uses her feminine symbols such as kisses and flowers for destructive purposes. The author adds how there are differences between male and female villains, especially when it comes to verbal connotations of labeling. They are often underestimated, especially when fighting men, who are hindrances in the women’s path. However, they are also punished when they are seen as “too powerful”. For example, the Joker punishes Harley Quinn when she comes closer than hi to defeating Batman. These female fatales exemplify what
Movies today are enhanced with the most advanced state of the art graphics and digital technology. And when it comes to Harley Quinn, her behind is no exception in Suicide Squad.
We all have heard of Spider Man. He was the average teenager until he was bitten by a radioactive spider. I like Spider Man but I believe there are a lot of things missing in his movies. The police and government are portrayed poorly, as to assisting Spider Man or lack there of. Spider Man goes about doing his own thing, outside of the law. He is something we can all relate to and I believe that is why a lot of people like him. Most people would say they want to be like Spider Man because of his cool super human powers. I believe it would be a lot of hard work, dedication, and a lot of responsibility. Think about this, you would have two lives to live as a completely different person. You would have to keep up good grades, make some money to live on, support your family in one life, then save people, fight crime, and kill villains in the other life. It would be way to overwhelming for me.
Beauty and the Beast Disney is an excellent example of a Media corporation as it is known
Beauty and the Beast is probably one of the most well known fairy tales that the Grimms’ reproduced. In it’s original form it was a long, drawn out story that was catered to adults. The Grimms’ changed the story to be more understood by children and made it short and to the point. Unlike many of the other fairy tales that they reproduced, Beauty and the Beast contains many subtle symbols in its purest form. It shows a girl and how she transfers to a woman; it also shows that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The one major thing that separates this story from all the rest is that Beauty gets to know the Beast before marrying him.