I have some bad news for you.

我有些坏消息要告诉你。

This is the last time we’ll be meeting you.

这是我们最后一次见面。

You don’t listen.

你没明白我的意思。

As Gotham city’s public mental health program gets the axe, Arthur Fleck medicines of counseling are canceled.

随着哥谭市的公共心理健康项目被砍掉，Arthur Fleck 的心理咨询药物也被取消了。

His work as a clown is a dead end and he’s constantly bullied by angry people in a gritty city teeming with division and dissatisfaction.

在一个充满分裂和不满的沙砾城市，他作为小丑的工作没什么前途，他经常被愤怒的人欺负。

However Arthur is trying to live up to his mother’s belief that he was born to spread laughter in the world, an expectation that feeds into his delusions of grandeur.

然而，Arthur 正努力不辜负母亲的期望，即他生来就是要在世界上传播笑声的，这种期望滋长了他的妄想。

But after he gets mocked and kicked one time too many, he fires the gun that opportunity puts in his hands.

但在他被嘲笑和踢了一次之后，他开枪了，用那把偶然得到的枪。

His transformation to the menacing joker has begun.

他已经开始变成险恶的小丑。

Critics are divided of the joker.

评论家们对小丑褒贬不一。

Some see the film as an artful portrayal of a man’s descent into insanity,

一些人认为这部电影巧妙地刻画了一个人陷入疯狂的过程，

but many say the film empathizes with the lone shooter as a victim of circumstances and then elevates him to an iconic vigilante.

但许多人认为，这部电影同情环境的受害者孤独的枪手，然后升华成一个标志性的江湖侠士。

One of those critics is George mason university film professor May Santiago.

乔治梅森大学的电影教授 May Santiago 就是这些批评人士之一。

She calls Warner Brothers studio and filmmaker Todd Phillips decision to make such a film irresponsible after a slew of mass shootings in the country by men exhibiting behaviors similar to that of the joker.

她称华纳兄弟电影公司和电影制作人托德·菲利普斯决定拍摄这样一部电影是不负责任的，此前美国发生了一系列大规模枪击案，凶手的行为类似于小丑。

We are traumatized society.

我们的社会已饱受创伤。

And you’re really going to throw in a blockbuster film, a film with millions, hundreds of millions dollars behind it.

你们真的要投资一部热门电影，为它投资数百万、甚至数亿美元。

I’m sorry, but now it’s not that easy.

我很抱歉，但现在没那么简单。

And with one of the most iconic characters and the cultural lexicon, you don’t get away with it that easily.

作为最具标志性的人物和文化词汇之一，你不可能轻易地摆脱它。

Movie theaters around the country have increased security and banned masks from being worn by movie-goers.

全国各地的电影院都加强了安全措施，禁止观众戴面具。

Los Angeles Police department is aware of the historical significance and the public concern around the premiere of the Joker.

洛杉矶警察局意识到了《小丑》首映的历史意义和公众的担忧。

While there are no credible threats in Los Angeles area, we do encourage Angelenos to be vigilant.

虽然洛杉矶地区还没有确定的威胁，但我们鼓励洛杉矶人提高警惕。

In 2012, James Holmes killed 12 people and injured 70 during a midnight screening of another Joker film, Christopher Nolan’s batman blockbuster The Dark Knight Rises.

2012年，James Holmes 在另一部小丑电影《蝙蝠侠:黑暗骑士崛起》午夜上映时杀死12人，打伤70人。

So far, Joker has won three top awards at the Venice film festival and Joaquin Phoenix is already garnering Oscar buzz for his performance.

到目前为止，《小丑》已经在威尼斯电影节上获得了三项大奖，而杰昆·菲尼克斯的表演也已经为他赢得了奥斯卡奖。

Usually characters motivations are so clearly defined that we’re telling the audience precisely what to feel and when.

通常情况下，角色的动机是非常明确的，我们会精确地告诉观众什么时候去感受什么。

And what I like about this movie is it’s really up to interpretation.

我喜欢这部电影的地方在于它的诠释。

Art shouldn’t be made in a vacuum.

艺术不应该在真空中创造。

May Santiago says we should hold art accountable to our social values.

May Santiago 说，我们应该让艺术对我们的社会价值观负责。

It’s been less than a month since our last mass shooting by a white man.

距离上次白人大规模枪击事件还不到一个月。

You know, that’s just a society we live in and until gun laws start changing and there’s more of a monumental shift in American society.

你知道，那只是我们生活的社会，除非枪支法律开始改变，美国社会有更大的转变。

We should be defensive. We have to be defensive.

我们应该防御。我们必须防守。