Harley Quinn Isn’t Who You Think She Is

While there’s every chance that Harley might well be a good-hearted doctor trying to get through to Arthur and failing, other evidence might suggest that she is entirely a fabrication made up by Fleck as a bit of escapism from the situation he’s found himself in. It would explain why there are shifts between the real world and the big song-and-dance numbers that the film is teasing. Like Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) was to the Narrator (Edward Norton) in «Fight Club» (aka the film we’re not supposed to talk about), Harley could be Arthur’s inner thoughts breaking out and sending him into this new chapter as the Clown Prince of Crime.

It would mark an interesting shift from the previous film, which kept Arthur fighting through the ugly world Phillips had created until he got his last laugh, but there’s also the chance that there could be a far more accurate and just as unsettling origin to his new love. Harley could be another fan following in the literal footsteps of Arthur, idolizing this anarchist who hides behind face paint and a red and yellow suit, even going as far as visiting him in prison, leading to the lipstick scene in the trailer that has everyone losing it. We’ll see for ourselves when «Joker: Folie à Deux» arrives in theaters on October 4.