UJared Leto nomqondisi uDavid Ayer badale omkhulu umsindo ekuqaleni kwaleli sonto ngesikhathi behlekisa ngezithombe ezikhombisa ukusayinda komlingisi izingidi ezinde zidonswe emsileni weponi nesikele esilungele ukusika. ULeto, elungiselela indima yakhe entsha njengoJoker wefilimu ezayo Isiqhema sokuzibulala, wephule izinhliziyo ezimbalwa emcabangweni nje wokuthi ashintshe ukubukeka kwakhe athathe iClown Prince of Crime. Impela uguquko lomzimba luyadingeka ukuze kudlalwe iJoker, kepha uma kufanele sikholwe izindaba ezenze imizuliswano amashumi eminyaka, manje, kungenzeka kube nokuthile okubaluleke kakhulu uLeto angakhathazeka ngakho.

UJoker ungumlingisi oyisilima umsangano wakhe ofinyelela emnyombweni wakhe, futhi lobu buhlanya bubukeka bubathinta kakhulu labo abamdlalayo kangangoba abanye bathi indima iqalekisiwe. Uvelaphi lo mbono? Ngalokho, kufanele sithathe isinyathelo emuva emuva kuma-1960s.

Ngo-1966, i-20th Century Fox Television yaqala uhlelo lwayo olusha sha lwethelevishini iBatman, futhi bekungeke kube yisikhathi eside ngaphambi kokuthi iJoker iqale ukubonakala kaningi ngesikhathi sayo sesizini emithathu. Besakaza ngokuphelele uhlobo, abakhiqizi baletha uCesar Romero ukuzodlala indima. URomero wayaziwa njengesithixo somlingiswa esidlala uhlu lwezindima zenhliziyo njengomthandi wesiLatin, futhi kubikwa ukuthi wayengakaze ayiqonde le ndima noma ukuthi kungani befuna ayidlale.  Noma uchungechunge lwasekhempini oluphakeme lwadicilela phansi uhlangothi lomlingiswa lokubulala futhi lwamenza waba ngusomahlaya obhodabhayo, uRomero wavele wangazitholela indawo kulo mlingiswa, futhi wakhuluma ngezinkinga zakhe ngalokhu kubili kaningi ezingxoxweni ezalandela. Uvame ukushiya isethi edidekile futhi engaqiniseki ngaye futhi ekhononda ngamakhanda abuhlungu lapho alethwa esiqeshini. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi uzokufanisa nokuba sempini eqhubekayo phakathi kwakhe noJoker.

Flash phambili ku-1989. Tim Burton, umqondisi ngaleso sikhathi owayaziwa kakhulu Ukuzijabulisa Okukhulu KwePee-wee futhi Beetlejuice, waletha umbono wakhe kaBatman esikrinini esikhulu. Ukubukwa kwakhe okukhulu kunokuphila kwakudinga okukhulu kunabalingisi bempilo ukugcwalisa indima yabo bobabili uBatman ne-arch-nemesis yakhe, iJoker. KuBatman, uBurton waletha eyakhe Beetlejuice Indoda engaphambili uMichael Keaton, futhi ekwenziweni kombuso, uJack Nicholson wajoyina iqembu njengoJoker. UBurton wavumela uNicholson ukuthi angene ekhanda kuqala ebumnyameni bendima futhi ekuqaleni, umlingisi wajabulela inkululeko yokudlala indoda engenanembeza owayekujabulela ukubulala nokusika amalungu omzimba ukuze nje akujabulele.

Injabulo yakhe endimeni ngeke ihlale isikhathi eside, noma kunjalo. Waqala ukukhononda ngokungazinzi nokuqwasha okukhulu. Ingcindezi yokudlala usomahlaya osangene yangena kuzo zonke izingxenye zempilo yakhe, futhi yize ebekhuluma njalo ngendlela abeneme ngayo ngomsebenzi wakhe, usabhekisa ngezikhathi ezithile zesisindo nokukhokhela umlingiswa amthathile.

UMark Hamill, owaduma kakhulu njengoLuke Skywalker kwiStar Wars Trilogy yokuqala, ubeyizwi leJoker ochungechungeni nezimpawu ezahlukahlukene ze-animated iminyaka engu-20 okumenza abe ngumnikazi werekhodi. Ngenkathi ucabanga ukuthi ukunikeza igama kuphela umlingiswa ngeke kube nomphumela ofanayo nokumhlanganisa ngokuphelele, lokho akubonakali kunjalo. UHamill ubelokhu ebhekise kuJoker njengesilwane, futhi ubike izinkathazo ezifanayo nokungalali ngezikhathi ezithile ababengaphambi kwakhe ababhekana nakho.

Ngazo zonke lezi zibonelo, ungacabanga ukuthi noma yimuphi umlingisi angabuyela emuva futhi acabangele ngaphambi kokungena ukuze adlale le jester schizophrenic, kepha lapho uHeath Ledger enikezwa le ndima, wazibophezela kuyo ngezindlela okungekho muntu ngaphambi kwakhe owayenazo. Uchaze lo Joker “njengomuntu othanda ukucasula ingqondo, futhi ebulala abantu abaningi engazweli nhlobo.” ULedger wayesevele esendaweni engeyona ekahle empilweni yakhe, esanda kuqeda ubudlelwano bakhe noMichelle Williams futhi ehlukanisiwe nendodakazi yakhe, uMatilda.

Ngenkathi kuqoshwa ifilimu, abalingisi akanye nabo baqala ukubona umphumela uJoker ayenawo kumlingisi. Ubebonakala engakwazi ukushiya umlingisi esethi. Bamqhathanisa noDaniel Day-Lewis nezindlela zakhe ezijulile zokulingisa. UDay-Lewis, nokho, wayengakaze abhekane nomlingiswa ngokusebenza kwengqondo kweJoker. Uma uBurton ededela ubumnyama eBatman yakhe, uNolan wemba kulobo bumnyama wakhipha amaphupho amabi afihlwe emakhoneni. Akubanga nje isikhathi eside ngaphambi kokuba ukucindezeleka, ukukhathazeka nokuqwasha kubekwe ngokuthi manje singabiza umlingisi ojwayelekile kule ndima. Wabona odokotela abahlukahlukene ngalesi sikhathi futhi wanikezwa nemithi enokuxhumana okuyingozi.

UHeath Ledger watholakala eseshonile efulethini lakhe lokudlula ngokweqile ngephutha ngoJanuwari 22, 2008, izinyanga eziyisithupha ezigcwele ngaphambi kokuba i-movie ikhishwe. Ubaba wakhe waveza kamuva ukuthi uHeath wayegcine idayari yeJoker igcwele izithombe zezimpisi, izithombe zamahlaya futhi ekhasini lokugcina, amagama athi "Bye Bye" abhalwe ngezinhlamvu ezigqamile. Ngesikhathi uNicholson etshelwa ngokushona kukaLedger, wathi, "Ngimxwayisile." Kwembulwa ukuthi ubekhuluma ngesixwayiso asinikeze umlingisi osemncane ngeminye yemithi yokulala ayiphuzayo, kepha kunzima ukungafundi okushiwo kabili emagameni.

Ngakho-ke, ngayo yonke le nkulumo yesiqalekiso sokudlala iJoker, yini engenza umlingisi athathe le ndima? Yini eyenza indima inganqandeki kubalingisi nomlingiswa abe yintandokazi yabalandeli? Ngibuze umngani wami kanye namahlaya e-DC aficionado, uBryson Moore, imicabango yakhe futhi nakhu okumele akusho.

“Kunezindima ezibukwa ngabantu efilimini abafuna ukukholwa ukuthi umlingisi nguyena mlingiswa lowo. Umcabango wami wokuqala nguJohn Wayne. UBUFUNA ukuthi empeleni abe ngumfana wezinkomo amlingisayo. Bese kuba nezindima ezifana neThe Joker. Lapho umlingisi kunokuba umlandeli afune ukuthi izethameli zikholelwe ukuthi zingulowo mlingiswa ngoba akekho omunye umuntu omubi abantu abathandana naye ngendlela efanayo. Ubuza noma yimuphi umlandeli ukuthi ngubani oyintandokazi yakho yeBatman, uzozwa uJoker izikhathi eziyisishiyagalolunye kwabayishumi. Isimo sakhe kufanele sibe yisibonelo sobubi. Akunamkhawulo ekonakaleni kukaJoker ngaphakathi kwendawo ye-DC Comics. Ngenxa yalokho ngikholelwa ukuthi noma yimuphi umlingisi ofundile uyakuqonda ukusebenza okufunwa abalandeli. Manje abantu abavela eNicholson kuya eLedger kuya eHamill, abangenzanga lutho ngaphandle kwezwi lakhe, bonke bathi kufanele uye endaweni emnyama kakhulu ukuyodlala lowo mlingiswa. Uma isiqalekiso sivela noma yikuphi sivela kumuntu oklabalasayo omkhulu kunokuphila izincwadi zamahlaya azenzileyo. ”

Akunandaba ukuthi ubheka kanjani, uJared Leto ulethwe eklabhini ekhethekile ngokuthatha lo mlingiswa oyisithonjana, futhi impela umsebenzi wakhe umenzele njengoba eqhubeka nokujula kwengqondo kaJoker. Ngingathemba nje ukuthi uyanakekela futhi mhlawumbe angakwazi ukuphunyuka kokunye ukuhlukumezeka ngokomzwelo ontanga yakhe ababhekana nakho endimeni efanayo.  Isiqhema sokuzibulala ihlelelwe ukukhishwa ngo-Agasti ka-2016.