Even if you didn’t see Suicide Squad and somehow escaped the critiques of it and, like, also didn’t hear the horror stories about Jared Leto’s Joker, you’d currently know that it would by no means have topped Heath Ledger’s Joker in The Dark Knight anyway. Not only is Ledger’s Joker an iconic performance, his character was also the most perfect antagonist there’s ever been for Batman (or perhaps, for any superhero). Lessons from the Screenplay analyzes what an antagonist should be and shows how The Dark Knight’s Joker nails it perfectly.
