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So you admit a truth-test for an actor's speech is bullshit. The Joker by Ledger is

Posted by tinear on March 16, 2013 at 10:42:27:
absolutely real, that's why he's not a subject of laughter as was Nicholson's buffoon.
Ledger took a comic book character who's always been portrayed as rather silly and goofy and made him a true villain, a lunatic with an unknown background who may or may not be aware that he has created a changing history of abuse and disfigurement.
The reactions of the "normal" gangsters, so well orchestrated by Nolan, perfectly encapsulated our feelings; at first, derision ("freak!"), and then terror as they realized that he might well not be as "crazy" as he appeared. That, in fact, his persona was camouflage.