If superhero stories really were our “modern myths,” rather than closely guarded commodities, 'The People’s Joker' would still be screening today. If nothing else, the “rights issues” that apparently silenced Vera Drew’s film illustrates what a lie that is
Speaking with The Daily Beast ahead of the film’s release Drew said that, with this project, she wanted to take the idea that comic book stories are our modern mythology at its word.
Apart from being a lifelong Batman aficionado Drew likes to joke that she’s “the transgender Forrest Gump of alt-comedy.” She’s worked on series includingand frequently collaborated with sketch comedians Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim’s Abso Lutely Productions. In 2019, she received her first Emmy nomination for editing Sacha Baron Cohen’s political satireThe Emmy nomination also coincided with Drew’s decision to come out publicly as trans.
tendencies, would help Joker make sense of her identity at a time when she needed it. And to bring it all to life, Drew would re-edit “every single Batman movie” along with other films likeOne of those ideas did change: Rather than create a found-footage film, Drew wound up crowdsourcing not only the budget for her production but also its artwork.
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