Joker: Folie à Deux Page #4

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[guard grunts]

[door latches, locks]

[bearded guard] Enjoy your stay.

[laughing deeply]

[gagging, choking]

[female voice vocalizing]

[piano playing waltz]

♪ Take my hand Stay here my friend ♪

♪ I’ll find my way Back to you ♪

♪ Here and now I know somehow ♪

♪ We tell a story that’s true ♪

♪ In our minds We’d be just fine ♪

♪ If it were only us two ♪

♪ They might Say that we’re crazy ♪

♪ But I’m just In love with you ♪

[Lee] There’s my guy.

[exhales softly]

[whispers] Are you really here?

[Lee] Yeah.

One of the guards let me in.

I’d do anything for you.

But we don’t have a lot of time. Come here.

[Arthur] What?

[Lee] Come on. Can you get up?

Come into the light.

They’re sending me home.

What? Why?

They’re saying you’re a bad influence on me.

What?

This is gonna be good for us.

Now, I can be at your trial every day.

I can see you every day until you get out.

And then what?

We’re gonna build a mountain.

Wait, wait.

[case rattling]

You brought make-up.

I want to see the real you.

Look what they did to you.

It’s just us now.

You need to stop taking your medication.

I already have.

[pants rustling]

[Arthur] Can you do it?

Yeah.

[Arthur breathing shakily]

[both panting]

What’s he gonna ask me about?

Besides… you know.

Well, hopefully, about your life in here,

and what the conditions are really like in this place.

He might ask you about Lee.

She’s been out there giving a lot of interviews about you.

And about herself.

Good.

You know, I love her.

She gets me.

Two minutes. Paddy’s ready.

Arthur.

This is a chance for you to show a different side of yourself.

So the public can see who you really are.

And I don’t think you should smoke.

I think it makes you look cavalier.

Okay.

We need to use this time

to show people that you’re human.

They need to understand you were sick. Delusional.

Mm-hm.

You’re not Joker. You’re Arthur Fleck.

[lawyer] Hm?

Don’t worry. You’re gonna be great.

[chuckles]

Arthur.

[chuckling] Are you okay? It’s…

It’s not too late to cancel.

[lighter clicks]

So, uh… you want me to call you Arthur or The Joker?

Mr. Meyers, you know we have an agreement.

You can’t call him “Joker.”

It’s Arthur. Arthur Fleck.

When you’re ready, Paddy.

[exhales]

She has to leave now.

You can watch from behind the glass,

but you can’t be in here.

[whispers] Just be yourself.

We rolling?

Rolling.

[Paddy clears throat]

[producer over radio] Cameras up.

[beeps]

Two years ago, the name Arthur Fleck

hit Gotham like a hurricane.

An unassuming part-time party clown

and struggling stand-up comic,

Fleck committed five horrific murders

in the span of just four weeks.

And now, with hundreds already lining up to get a seat

at one of the first trials ever broadcast live on TV,

Arthur Fleck, The Joker,

is sitting down for his first interview

since that infamous night on Murray Franklin.

And yes, we all know how that turned out.

[sharp laugh]

[Arthur clears throat]

Arthur Fleck, welcome.

Hello.

Take me back to that night onstage with Murray Franklin.

What was going through your mind…

when you pulled out that gun and blew his brains out?

Well, Paddy, um…

I was going through a lot back then. Um…

I don’t really remember much from that night. I, uh…

blacked out, I saw bright lights.

I was having a hard time

knowing the difference between what was real or not.

[Paddy] Oh, please.

You did it on live TV, pal.

Doesn’t get any more real than that.

Paddy, all I remember from that night

is I was gonna kill myself.

On television.

I thought Murray was playing a part in my show.

But he was a bad actor.

So he got what he deserved.

Your last joke, if we can call it a joke,

“You get what you bleeping deserve.”

That’s what you said.

That’s not fun, that’s not funny.

You’re right, I… I should have told a better one.

You’re trying to be funny now?

No.

Do you deserve to die?

The DA is calling for the death penalty.

You just said that you wanted to kill yourself on TV.

So, tell us…

…you still wanna die?

Well, at the time, it certainly seemed a lot easier than living.

Um, but that’s… that’s not me anymore.

That’s not…

That’s not who I am.

That wasn’t really you.

[stammering] No, that’s not right.

Let me get this straight.

That’s not what I meant.

So your defense is,

“It was The Joker who did it.”

An insanity defense.

Okay, I don’t…

I don’t know about a defense.

That this alternate personality,

this killer clown in you killed Murray.

Who am I speaking to now? Which one of you is here?

The poor, low IQ Arthur Fleck?

Or The Joker, who goaded a bunch of no-good punks…

Do you really care?

You don’t.

You’re just like Murray.

You’re just like everyone. You want sensationalism.

You don’t care about…

You just wanna talk about my mistakes.

You wanna talk about the things that I did in the past.

Not about who I am now.

Not how I’m different now.

That’s what we should be talking about, Paddy.

Okay, okay.

We should take a break.

We’re not taking a break.

[Paddy] All right.

Okay, so, tell us… what’s changed, Arthur?

Well, I’ll tell you what’s changed, Paddy.

I’m not alone anymore.

Right.

The girl who was singing. The night you tried to escape.

[chuckles] We weren’t trying to escape.

Miss Harley Quinzel.

You two put on quite a performance that night.

[Arthur] Aww…

She’s really something, isn’t she?

You tell me.

I mean, don’t you think it’s all…

…don’t you think it’s a little too much?

A little much?

♪ She’s a fool And don’t I know it ♪

♪ But a fool Can have her charms ♪

♪ I’m in love ♪

♪ And don’t I show it ♪

♪ Like a babe in arms ♪

♪ Love’s the same old Sad sensation ♪

♪ Lately I’ve not slept a wink ♪

♪ Since this half-pint Imitation ♪

♪ Put me on the blink ♪

♪ I’m wild again ♪

♪ Beguiled again ♪

♪ A simpering, whimpering Child again ♪

♪ Bewitched ♪

♪ Bothered and bewildered ♪

♪ Am I ♪

♪ Lost my heart But what of it ♪

[over television] ♪ She is cold, I agree ♪

♪ She can laugh And I love it ♪

♪ Although the laugh’s on me ♪

♪ I’ll sing to her ♪

♪ Bring spring to her ♪

♪ And long for the day ♪

♪ When I cling to her ♪

[both] ♪ Bewitched ♪

♪ Bothered and bewildered ♪

♪ Am I ♪

Excuse me. Yeah, thank you.

[Paddy] We’ll be back with more of Arthur Fleck

after a word from our sponsors.

[man on radio] The murder trial of Arthur Fleck

will begin today.

Assistant DA, Harvey Dent,

is preparing his opening remarks

in what some are calling, “The Trial of the Century.”

[woman on radio] After months of protests,

police will be on high alert, closing surrounding streets,

and setting up barricades for crowds

that could reach in the thousands.

[man] If you ask me, this is what you get

when there’s a complete breakdown of social services.

And don’t get me started on this media frenzy.

All right, Denise, you’re on the air.

[Denise] Thank you for taking my call. Enough is enough.

This idiot doesn’t deserve a trial.

He should be sent straight to the chair.

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