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dlr-3864	Scoma, Sam	It’s All About the Punch(line): The Crossing of Masculinity’s Border as Portrayed in Todd Phillips’ Joker	2022	15	.pdf	application/pdf	6063	274	58	There are easily dozens, even hundreds of bystanders who watch Fleck chase down the mischievous sign- snatching teens in the film’s opening scene, yet all refuse to respond to his frantic cries for help (Phillips). His adoption of violence as a problem-solving method is the most apparent sign that feeble Fleck has hopped over toxic masculinity’s border, taking Kimmel’s adage to heart; it really is better to be mad than sad (45).	cache/dlr-3864.pdf	txt/dlr-3864.txt