“What Do You Get When You Cross a Mentally Ill Loner with a Society Who Abandons Him ..?”

Why “Joker” may be the most provocative film ever made about mental illness.

Joel Eisenberg
Writing For Your Life
10 min readJul 19, 2020

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Introduction

The full quote as referenced in the title is the following: “What do you get when you cross a mentally ill loner with a society who abandons…

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Joel Eisenberg
Writing For Your Life

Joel Eisenberg is an award-winning author, screenwriter, and producer. The Oscar in the profile pic isn’t his but he’s scheming. WGA and Pen America member.