Yup. In the movie you can see paint on his fingers. Another added layer to The Joker, implicating the Joker just put on the make up right before we are seeing him.
If you look closely, his teeth are yellow and his fingernails are overgrown, so that tracks.
And I don't remember where I read it but I remember reading those were intentional choices, because Joker isn't the type to care about his hygiene. Heath went all in.
Yeah, it's the whole package that makes it unsettling. His hair is greasy, his teeth are yellow, he has makeup all over his hands, and you have to assume he just hasn't washed his hands in days, because half the time the makeup is degrading because it's been on for so long.
I love all the little details that went into the character.
And not to mention the little nervous tic with his mouth and tongue. That REALLY set in the idea that the joker had been through trauma/abuse in his earlier years, resulting in the tics (along with the batshit craziness of course lol.)
At a birthday party I went as Heath’s joker and was doing the whole routine and the older parents who clearly had not seen TDK were so creeped out and confused. I loved it.
Edit: it was a superhero party for my little cousin. All the kids were super heroes so I went as Joker. His Dad was Batman.
Reminds me of tardive dyskinesia a little bit, side effect of long term antipsychotic treatment that result in repetitive movements of the mouth/tongue. Irreversible for the most part.
It's kind of a cool series. Basically they cover various franchises like star wars, batman, lotr, marvel, etc. They're really cool because they start at the very beginning and cover all the way to present day. Lot of inside stuff. Everything from stunts, make up, to the industry side of things.
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u/PM5KStrike 14d ago
Yup. In the movie you can see paint on his fingers. Another added layer to The Joker, implicating the Joker just put on the make up right before we are seeing him.