In a society where bullying is the norm and the poorest people get the least amount of preventative care, Joker is a testament to how, since the days of "Taxi Driver" being made, not much has changed. People who are made to feel outcast, people who are scraping to get by and earn food money, people who are alone, ..... often get kicked by an uncaring system. Man's inhumanity to man is alive and well in today's society and in this film. While set in a different decade the message is the same. I don't know what people mean anymore when they say or thing 'comic book movie' because comic books and characters reflect the minds of their creators. Not unlike "Natural Born Killers" the media needs to stop making celebrity out of crazy people and those who do harm to others. The fear of the film inciting violence is ridiculous just as it was with "V for Vendetta". This is not a children's film and it's not a comic book film, it's a pure Drama. It could not be more well done. Anyone who doesn't walk away with a new perspective on what it is like to be poor in America should reflect. PS: Stop bulling each other people, we are all we have.