Like the “Rocky steps” in Philadelphia and the horrible “Friends” apartment building in the West Village, the “Joker stairs” are now a hot tourist attraction.
While it’s easy to say a villain is just the product of his times, the trailer teases visual proof that Gotham is a gritty, urban wasteland that drives a man to madness.
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