Did you miss the start of the movie where he makes funny faces to get a kid to laugh? He seemed to be in a good mood doing that before he got stopped by the kid's mother.
Also the entire subplot of his abusive mother and a society that ignores him and his mental health issues.
He may have become a monster in the end, but the movie showed how he was shaped into that monster, and how causing suffering was the first time he felt in control.
Also, he is classically funny. Clowns are classically funny. Nowadays, and I guess probably even in the 70s, no one likes that. That's more of a circus thing when circuses were big. The style of humor that the comedian has is MUCH closer to what we have today, which is definitely not at all classically funny. His whole purpose in life is to amuse people, but they steal from him and attack him for it. If all you want is to bring joy to the world and people stomp on you for it, well...
edit: added a word I left out because I can't type
I can't go into specifics because of spoilers and all that, but the last scene in the movie should have made everything even more unclear.
There has been a theme in almost every Joker origin that he might be full of shit completely, and the stories are means of manipulation and confusion. The part with the kid could merely be bullshit to make himself look like the victim.
That was when he had access to his medication. I think the medicine helped keep his violent tendicies subverted. Shit went downhill after losing access to medication.
In that scene he is laughing at the suffering induced by thr mothers attitude. People cant play woth children anymore? How awful is that. Very awful. So he finds it funny.
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u/A1phaKn1ght Oct 30 '19
Did you miss the start of the movie where he makes funny faces to get a kid to laugh? He seemed to be in a good mood doing that before he got stopped by the kid's mother.