Donald Trump treated himself Saturday night time to the fictional story of a person so misunderstood and abused by the world that he goes insane in revenge.
The president hosted a White House screening of the Joaquin Phoenix-starring Joker, PEOPLE confirms.
Based on Yahoo News, which first reported details of the displaying along with CNN, Trump, 73, “favored the film.”
The president — who is the topic of an ongoing impeachment investigation within the Home of Representatives after he lobbied Ukraine to research his political rivals, although he insists he did nothing improper — reportedly watched the film with household, associates and a few employees members within the White House screening room.
As IndieWire notes, Trump (though notedly ambivalent about reading), is something of a movie fan: Based on IndieWire, he has stated his favorite film is Citizen Kane, Orson Welles’ opus concerning the rise and fall of a media tycoon, while he’s additionally raved about 1988’s Bloodsport and the 1966 western The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.
Trump has robust damaging opinions, too. Earlier this yr, he vented on Twitter about Hollywood’s portrayal of violence in response to The Hunt, a thriller a few group of individuals being killed for sport. The film was pulled from theaters after two high-profile mass shootings.
“They create their very own violence, after which attempt to blame others,” Trump tweeted in August, days after a 21-year-old posted an anti-immigration screed on-line after which killed 22 individuals at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, in line with authorities.
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JokerJoker (2019) Joaquin Phoenix CR: Niko Tavernise/Warner Bros.Joker, which traces the origin of the well-known Batman villain, has additionally stirred controversy since hitting theaters in early October: Whereas its box office broke records and Phoenix drew raves for his lead performance, the movie’s violence and extreme misanthropy led many critics to revisit discussions on how films may affect their audience.
(President Trump has confronted some of that same criticism himself, given his inflammatory rhetoric and the occasional outbursts of violence at his events.)
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Joker is extensively seen as an Oscar contender, which might maintain it within the popular culture conversation by way of February.
Some theaters banned fans from sporting costumes to screenings, while the Century Aurora and XD theater in Aurora, Colorado, where a 2012 mass capturing happened during a midnight premiere for The Darkish Knight, refused to point out the movie.
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