Tachanka [comrade/them]

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  • Tachanka [comrade/them]@hexbear.nettomemes@hexbear.netsociety
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    2 months ago

    You got me curious about the history of the character and looking it up, it seems he was envisioned in 1940 as a clown themed serial killer and jewel thief whose appearance was based off of the silent film “The Laughing Man” which featured a character CW: violence

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    whose mouth had been cut open into a smile.

    Was there ever a period where the joker was just a “prankster” character and not also violent and transgressive?