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The text is a transcript of a video that explains the ending of the movie "Joker" and analyzes the clues that suggest that some or most of the events in the movie are fantasies or hallucinations of the main character, Arthur Fleck. The video uses a humorous format of a pitch meeting between a writer and an executive, where the writer reveals the twists and turns of the plot and the executive reacts with confusion or disbelief. The video also makes references to other movies, comics, and internet memes related to the Joker and Batman characters. The video ends with a promotion for the Screen Rant YouTube channel, where more pitch meetings can be found.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
- The text is a transcript of a video titled "Ending Explained" for the movie "Joker".
- The video is hosted by Film Theory, a YouTube channel that analyzes movies and TV shows.
- The video discusses the ambiguity of the movie's plot and whether it is based on reality or fantasy.
- The video uses cinematic clues, such as the reactions of other characters, the headlines of newspapers, and the parallel scenes, to identify which parts of the movie are likely to be real or fake.
- The video concludes that the movie's origin story for the Joker is multiple choice, and that it depends on how the viewer interprets the final scene in Arkham Asylum.