Joker: Folie à Deux Page #2

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Do you remember any of what happened?

Did you… black out?

See bright lights?

[Arthur] Mm…

Okay.

How about Murray Franklin?

What, if anything, do you remember about that night?

The music.

[Dr. Beatty] That’s good. Arthur, that is good.

Can I tell you what I remember about that night?

I remember you came out dressed as Joker.

And I remember Joker was dancing to that music.

Right?

I really liked his band.

My mom and I u… used to watch the show together.

[Dr. Beatty] She liked Murray Franklin as well?

[in falsetto voice] “He’s so handsome.

Look at those sparkling white teeth.”

Is that your mother’s voice?

[Arthur] Mm.

Do you often hear her voice in your head?

[inhaling]

[sighing] All the time.

[thunder rumbles faintly]

[chuckles weakly]

[Dr. Beatty] Did it change at all after she died?

What does that mean?

Did you…

this other part of you…

Joker…

Did it come out more after she died?

You lived together, right? In a one-bedroom apartment?

[cigarette crackling faintly]

Maybe I could talk to Joker about it.

Would he like to talk to me?

[trumpet playing “When the Saints Go Marching In”]

[overlapping chatter]

[young man] Hey, Arthur.

Arthur.

[younger guard] I mean, he’ll do anything. Anything.

The guards said you wanted to show me how to kiss.

But they said Joker’s a really good kisser.

Nobody’s ever gave me a kiss before.

[bearded guard] Twenty bucks says he chokes him.

[guards exclaiming, laughing]

[younger guard] There you go.

[bearded guard] Ricky don’t know what hit him.

[Jackie] There was no hesitation.

[younger guard] Yeah, yeah. [laughs]

[Jackie] Kinda like…

I gotta be honest with you, Arthur.

I wouldn’t have took you for a hopeless romantic.

Can I have a cigarette?

Why not.

Oh, no, no, no. What are you doing?

He doesn’t get a cigarette unless he tells a joke.

No, come on. He still makes us laugh, doesn’t he?

[younger guard scoffs] Barely.

[Jackie] Hey.

Remember that music class we saw?

The other day? B Ward?

Remember, with all the singing?

I got you in. We’re going next week.

[younger guard] Bullshit.

The f*** you do that for?

Eh, eh. No, no.

Went and saw Kellerman, I said…

you’ve been good. You deserve it.

[younger guard laughs] The hell is he thinking?

Yeah.

He knows he can get some good press for it.

Plus, I told him I’d go along with him.

[younger guard] Oh, ho, there it is.

That explains it.

[chuckles]

[bell clanging]

[yard guard] Count! Let’s go.

Line up by two.

Ricky. Come on, Romeo, line ’em up.

[Ricky] Let’s go. Twos. Line up by twos.

[younger guard] Come on, let’s go.

Are you being serious?

[Jackie] I am being serious.

On the Bible.

Wasn’t that hard, either.

Ever since they made that TV movie about you,

everybody still thinks you’re a star.

How about you, Arthur?

Do you still think you’re a star?

I bet you do, don’t you?

[“That’s Life” by Frank Sinatra playing]

[Jackie] ♪ I said that’s life ♪

All right, Arthur.

Come on, let’s go.

[Jackie] ♪ That’s what All the people say ♪

[door thuds]

[keys jingling]

[exhales]

[Jackie whistling “When the Saints Go Marching In”]

[older guard] Get out of bed.

[bearded guard] Anderson, come on, let’s go.

[inmates chattering, yelling]

[bearded guard] Clifford, what the f***.

[Jackie] Let’s go, boys, it’s showtime.

Wakey-wakey!

[guard] Move. Let’s go.

[bearded guard] Get up.

[younger guard] Hey, come on. Let’s go.

[Jackie] Look at you, Arthur.

Shot out of a cannon this morning.

[younger guard] All right, move it!

Hope they’ll let me sing.

♪ Oh when the saints Go marchin’ in ♪

[Jackie humming melody]

♪ I want to be in that number ♪

♪ When the saints Go marchin’ in ♪

[all] ♪ The sun is shining Come on, get happy ♪

♪ The Lord is waiting To take your hand ♪

♪ Sing hallelujah ♪

♪ Come on, get happy… ♪

[Jackie clears throat]

[singing dies down]

Hold it, hold it. Hold it…

Group, I want you to welcome Arthur Fleck.

Now, I know it’s odd to have an inmate from E Ward in here,

but I have been assured he’s been a model patient

without any incidents.

I know this might feel strange, Mr. Fleck, a new environment.

You see, we use music in this class to make us whole,

to balance the conflicting forces, the…

…the fractures within ourselves.

All I ask is that you sing,

if and when you’re ready to sing.

[piano resumes playing]

Okay, let’s go.

[all] ♪ Forget your troubles Come on, get happy ♪

♪ You better chase All your cares away ♪

♪ Sing hallelujah Come on, get happy ♪

[teacher] How about this one? Try this.

No, no, no, I can’t really. Look, I don’t know it.

[teacher] Okay. Um…

Oh, this one.

[whispers] Is it really you?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[teacher] Yeah? Great.

I’ll give that one a go. Yeah, yeah, C.

[piano plays a “C” chord]

♪ I got the world on a string Sitting on a rainbow ♪

[teacher] Excellent. That’s it.

♪ Got the string Around my finger ♪

♪ What a world, what a life I’m in love ♪

My name’s Lee.

Hi.

I’m Arthur.

[whispers] I know.

♪ I’ve got a song that I sing ♪

[teacher chuckles]

♪ I can make the rain go ♪

So, what’s a nice guy like you doing in a place like this?

I killed five people.

One live on national television.

What about you?

I set fire to my parents’ apartment building.

[Jackie continues singing, indistinct]

Actually…

…it was six.

Nobody knows, but also I killed my mother.

[chuckles lightly]

I should have done that.

My mother had me committed.

She says I’m psychotic.

You know, I must’ve watched that TV movie

they made about you, like, 20 times.

Yeah. Was it good?

They won’t let me watch it.

It was good.

It was really good.

I grew up in the same neighborhood.

Me and my friends used to take that staircase

to school every day.

My parents didn’t give a f*** about me either.

My father beat the sh*t out of me.

Well, guess what?

“Knock, knock.”

“Sorry, kid, your dad was killed in a car accident.”

[sharp, wheezy laugh]

Sorry. That’s not funny.

[stifling laughter]

[both laughing]

If only those friends could see me now.

When I first saw Joker,

when I saw you on Murray Franklin,

the whole time I was watching, I kept thinking,

“I hope this guy blows his brains out.”

And then you did.

And for once in my life, I didn’t feel so alone anymore.

♪ Forget your troubles Come on, get happy ♪

♪ You better chase All your cares away ♪

♪ Sing hallelujah Come on, get happy ♪

[both] ♪ Get ready For the judgement day ♪

[Jackie whistles sharply]

[Lee] ♪ The sun is shining Come on, get happy ♪

[Lee laughs giddily]

♪ The Lord is waiting To take your hand ♪

♪ Sing hallelujah Come on, get happy ♪

Hey, Jackie.

You wanna know what I regret most

from being on The Murray Franklin Show?

What’s that?

That I didn’t shoot first and let him ask me questions later.

[Jackie chuckles]

That a joke, Arthur?

Yeah.

[laughs]

All it took was you getting a little old fashioned.

[Jackie laughs]

Thanks, pal.

[Jackie] Let’s get your medication.

Not guilty by reason of insanity

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