Perhaps the concerns of people about the depiction of violence in “Joker” are not too great. After watching the R-rated movie about Batman’s sociopath villain, a Russian teen has been reported to have killed himself. Last weekend, an eighteen-year-old teenager named Gleb Korabljov live-streamed his suicide.
In the full video, Gleb reportedly referred to a scene in the movie starring Joaquin Phoenix. The title character in the movie contemplates killing himself on live television. After a long rant, during the live broadcast, the high school student who was holding a gun pointed at his head, then pulled the trigger and blew his head up.
There have been more than 10,000,000 views of the very graphic video. There is no official statement concerning the suicide of a teenager as of press time.
Since then, people have responded to the video, with one writing, “R.I.P., kid. I feel sorry for his parents and siblings if he had any.” Some others think “Joker” is not to blame for the suicide of the teenager. “He clearly had mental issues prior to the movie!” one wrote.
“WTF….I saw this movie as well and thought it was boooooring….I kept falling asleep LOL….This mental health thing is getting scarier and scarier….I mean what in the movie made him want to kill himself…he aint JOker and his life ain’t no movie….I hate that I watched this man blow his brains out on his mom’s ugly couch.”WTF….I also saw this movie and thought it was boooooring….I kept falling asleep LOL….This thing about mental health is getting scarier and scarier….I mean what made him want to kill himself in the movie… he aint JOker and his life is not a movie….I hate watching this man blow his brains out on the ugly couch of his mother.
Before its release, “Joker” sparked controversy, with individuals expressing their concerns about its representation of the Joker, which has been described as reminiscent of those who commit mass shootings in the United States. Some others argued that real-world violence could be inspired by the sympathetic representation of a homicidal maniac in the film.
Because of the concerns, during the screenings of the Todd Phillips-directed movie, movie theaters across the nation increased security.