Jordan Peterson on Joker

I just watched Joakim Phoenix in Joker. And he's a very charismatic actor. And I was thinking, oh God, because he carried that whole movie on single-handedly. It's a dark, dark movie. And it has to do with resentment. This man who was forced to be nice by his mother, who turns out to be absolutely crazy and abused him like mad when he was a kid. And then he becomes this role model for the dissemination of complete catastrophe into the entire society. It's a story of Cain in part. But Phoenix really carries that. And part of the reason that he does that is because he creates a compelling character who's sympathetic. Like he can be sympathetic to him because he really did have a hard life. Like really hard. But Phoenix is an extraordinarily charismatic person, partly because he's so unbelievably, he's masculine in his features and carved. But he's so graceful. Every single thing he does in the entire movie is a dance. Like he's conscious of every single movement he makes. Every turn of his head is conscious. It's dance-like. And you can't take your eyes off it. And a lot of stellar performers had that ability to integrate, male performers had that ability to integrate that feminine grace into their masculine character. And that's why I'm here. I'm here to help you. I'm here to help you. I'm here to help you. I'm here to help you. I'm here to help you. I'm here to help you. I'm here to help you. I'm here to help you. I'm here to help you. I'm here to help you. I'm here to help you. I'm here to help you. I'm here to help you. I'm here to help you. I'm here to help you. I'm here to help you. I'm here to help you. I'm here to help you. I'm here to help you. I'm here to help you. I'm here to help you. I'm here to help you. I'm here to help you.