Thursday
28Aug2008
When Exactly Did The Joker Get Cute?
Thursday, August 28, 2008 at 6:21PM
With $500 million and counting and
Heath Ledger's revved up
reconfiguring of the top villain in comic book history, I knew The Joker was
going to be the number one Halloween costume of the year, and as the aptly but
not-so-cleverly named
Halloween Costumes 4 U proves, demand to live in The
Joker's skin even for one night is a big draw for adults, plus-sized guys, and
even kids.
Seriously, if you're a parent and you let your son go out dressed as the freaky, slash-faced master of chaos and bedlam, I don't want to live in your neighborhood. That Joker get-up is a gateway costume. By the time he's 12, your kid will be dressing up as Bob Guccione's Caligula for Halloween. Or worse, Nicolas Cage.
But there's one kid already dressing up as The Joker, and his name is Jack Kropinak. Little Jack is the star of a sweded Dark Knight trailer featuring an all-kid cast. In fact, it's an all Kropinak kid cast. I applaud their efforts. This is easily better than both of Joel Schumacher's attempts at making a Batman film.
Reader Comments (3)
Looks like me at an early-morning business meeting before the third cup of coffee.
Really a mask, is the makeup job really so hard to duplicate?
Also that kid trailer was awesome, but yeah kids dressed as the joker, I know to many kids that would just as soon stab me and take all my candy then accept what little I would offer.
You seem to be putting yourself down.