In the DC universe, Gotham has never been a peaceful city. The crime has always been up, criminals are always on the loose, and the chaos is omnipresent. And yet, everything becomes more sinister, more chaotic when the Joker walks in. When it comes to unpredictable mayhem, he is a force to be reckoned with. And his quote from The Dark Knight (2008) perfectly captures this force:“Do I really look like a guy with a plan?”We live in a world of meticulous planning. Procedures, training, vision boards, five-year strategies, productivity hacks, deadlines—there is no end to planning. Planning is life. Joker disrupts that way of life. He laughs at it. He calls himself “a dog chasing cars” and insists that he doesn’t care what happens next.But is that true? Since when did Joker become the guy who says what he means? He is the guy who puts a knife to your throat and asks, “Why so serious?” Unpredictability is in his bones, and manipulation runs in his blood. He sounds nihilistic, but if you scratch his painted white surface, you will see nothing but method, patience, and a keen eye for human weaknesses.The Quote: Horseplay or PhilosophyThe ContextAfter orchestrating two separate explosions (see…he is not exactly winging it), which kill Rachel Dawes (Maggie Gyllenhaal) and disfigure Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), Joker (Heath Ledger) goes to visit Harvey at the hospital. He tells Harvey he had nothing to do with it since he was locked up. When Harvey points out that...
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