People In Lebanon Are Painting Their Faces Like Joaquin Phoenix¡¯s Joker To Protest Against Govt
When you saw Joaquin Phoenix¡¯s Joker, did you imagine that last scene turning true, where people in protest would come down to the streets, paint their faces like that of Joaquin Phoenix¡¯s Joker in order to protest against the government.
Well, that has turned true in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon. About hundreds of the thousands protesters are revolting in anger with their faces painted as Joker.
Why are they protesting? For the unversed, the government there had introduced a controversial tax over Whatsapp calls, which didn¡¯t go down well with the people. Soon, it took a U-turn and reversed the changes. But the anger among people hasn¡¯t died. The protests are on.
Many of them are protesting with clown faces like they are empathising with Arthur Fleck from the DC comics.
According to a report on Wired, a woman reportedly said, ¡°The reason we painted our faces is because we related to the character in the movie. Because before he painted his face he was just living that miserable life. Nobody cared about him, nobody would listen to him. He's upset, he's angry, and it just drove him to madness and that's what's happening [in Lebanon]."
Another one says they just want to hide their faces. ¡°The important idea is to hide the face when swearing against some important politician such as [Hezbollah leader] Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah. Now why Joker? This is simply the artistic way of doing demonstration in Lebanon - it is always done in a creative way and this is part of it,¡± said S ari Hanafi from American University of Beirut.
Despite the violent protests, the public feels that these protests will have a positive effect and that first time there is unity among the people.
