Todd Phillips' Joker sequel has now stolen the title of "worst second-week box office drop" in comic book movie history Screenshot: YouTube Todd Phillips’ Joker: Folie À Deux has broken another major Hollywood record,

So let's deal with the wrong first, because yes, Joker: Folie à Deux was, for lack of a better word, a disaster. The film doesn't deserve the low Rotten Tomatoes score that it has right now, with just as low an Audience score. There have been far worse films out there that are far more deserving of a lower score.

Instead of stigmatizing mental illness, "Joker: Folie à Deux" becomes a meditation on what mental illnesses can reveal about our societies.