Chapter 2292 Gotham Music Festival (V)

Chapter 2266 Gotham Music Festival (V)

It was not until the two of them were about to run into Canada that Arthur realized that Bruce was looking for him to participate in the talk show performance at the opening ceremony of the music festival.

In fact, Arthur did not take this promise seriously at the time, because it was obvious that no matter in which universe, Arthur would not be a comedy master. Why would Bruce Wayne invite an unknown person like him? In the end, he really came.

What's embarrassing is that Arthur can't go back to the mental hospital now, because if he just shot a comedian in public, he would still have the opportunity for lifelong treatment, but attacking the Federal Reserve system would really be a suicide with eight shots in the back.

Arthur could only say that he was lucky that he was not Thomas's illegitimate son. It was hard to imagine how the little kid he saw in Wayne Manor before could become so crazy after 20 years.

But Arthur knew that he had to go this time, otherwise the FBI would chase him to the ends of the earth, and without Bruce's help, he would not be able to escape alone.

So he followed Bruce to the transfer station in the fighting world, but here Bruce suggested that he see a psychiatrist, but Arthur refused.

However, Bruce also introduced his university major and learning experience to Arthur, and Arthur also learned from here that Bruce almost failed to graduate from university.

In order to convince this crazy teenager, Arthur had to reveal some of his life to Bruce. He didn't expect Bruce to understand, because people of this age group look like they can be saved.

Unexpectedly, Bruce didn't ask any more questions. Arthur thought that the matter was over. This was not because he was not vigilant, but because in the movie era where Arthur lived, Bruce Wayne was still a child and there was no Batman at all.

Although he had seen Batman in the movie watching in the fighting world before, after all, it was just hearsay. Without personal experience, he couldn't understand what Batman was like.

Then Arthur was knocked down by Bruce with a needle, and when he woke up, the operation was completed.

It was said before that Arthur was a mental patient from the moment he appeared, but his mental illness was not inherited from birth, but was caused by the abuse of his adoptive mother and her lover, which caused brain damage.

His disease of always laughing suddenly, in addition to the fact that his adoptive mother did not like to hear little Arthur crying and forced him to laugh constantly, was actually caused by brain damage that led to disordered emotional mapping system and uncontrolled facial muscles.

Arthur didn't know what Bruce did, but anyway, he saw a perfect brain on the brain CT after recovery, and Arthur found it difficult to describe his mood.

Of course, he was somewhat angry, because Arthur could be said to be the closest to ordinary people among all the clowns. He had his own joys, sorrows, anger, and sorrows, and he did not do antisocial things because he was born crazy. He was more like an oppressed ordinary person, so he would naturally get angry.

But could Bruce not understand the clown? He told Arthur on the spot that when he first saw Arthur, he felt that he would definitely be a great comedian in the future, so he invited him to perform at the music festival.

After coming to this universe, before bailing Arthur out, Bruce specially found a TV recording of Arthur's performance. As a result, he found that Arthur's topic selection and performance style were very good, but the only thing that affected his performance was the uncontrolled twitching and laughing.

Many people dislike the canned laughter that can appear at any time. People go to comedy theaters to buy tickets to watch performances not to see the actors laugh uncontrollably in some unfunny places. It looks like they are really dead and can only laugh dryly on the stage.

This is actually the reason why Arthur's performance is unpopular. Arthur's laughter is equivalent to adding too many unnecessary canned laughter to every talk show. You can't say that this is not a good meal, but with so many rat shits mixed in, no one is willing to eat it.

And Bruce cured Arthur's brain. To some extent, at least he will not laugh uncontrollably suddenly, which means that Arthur has a chance to become a real comedy master.

Arthur was a little angry, but not much, because he turned around and went to write the script.

Although the Joker in the movie looks very cruel, if you look at the details of his murders, it can be said that he is taking revenge for his grudges. Even Franklin, who has nothing to do with him, made fun of Arthur as a joke on a TV show at the time, so Arthur's image is closer to a tragic ordinary person, rather than a born madman with crazy and cruel ideas in his mind.

Born psychopaths kill people regardless of their age or the identity of the other party. If it were a Joker from another universe, when he could lift a knife, his adoptive mother and his lover would be in trouble, even if they abused him.

It is precisely because Arthur is more like an ordinary person, so he understands the joys and sorrows of ordinary people better, and is more suitable to be a comedy master, rather than a Joker who only wants to make another mentally ill Batman laugh every day.

Arthur told his life story in a very humorous way on the stage. He first threw out an extreme explosive point to attract everyone's attention, and used a flashback method to describe how he was full of confidence and prepared to confront Thomas. It was tense and exciting.

Then he used an exaggerated tone to describe Wayne Manor as a dungeon, and Thomas was like the evil dragon squatting in the deepest part of the castle. The brave man went through a lot of hardships to beat him in front of him, and finally the dragon broke his nose with a claw.

When hearing this, many people were still indignant and wanted to speak up for the clown, thinking that Thomas was really rich and unkind. As a result, Arthur changed the subject and said that he went to Arkham Mental Hospital to investigate and found that his adoptive mother was really a crazy stalker. He was not wronged for the punch, and everyone laughed with relief again.

Arthur stood up in the center of the stage, still with one hand in his pocket, but this time he leaned his upper body back and retracted his chin, almost squeezing out a double chin.

"The most interesting thing about this is that, in addition to confirming that I am not Thomas's child, I also know why I laughed uncontrollably. Guess what?"

Everyone was murmured. They thought that this crazy mother must be busy following Thomas and neglected to take care of little Arthur, causing him to hit his head. Some people also speculated that this was a hereditary mental illness.

"I don't know if you have ever had such an experience." Arthur lowered his head and began to pace, his hands still in his trouser pockets, his eyes looking straight at the ground and said: "Your mother told you that you should do this and not that, this is right and that is wrong."

"Usually this is very useful, because most of the time, it is really for your own good to tell you not to put your hand in the hot soup pot. Those who fully praise encouragement-style education, their children don't swim in the soup pot, which proves that they do not encourage this matter."

"But children are not such simple creatures. Those who cheer must have the same idea as me. They are the most terrible bastards in the world. You don't know where they get so many genius ideas to create a whole world that has never existed in the world for themselves. New way to die."

"Then you take further action, yelling at them at first, then maybe hitting them a few times, yes, I know it's illegal, but can you take them to the high seas on a yacht and beat them up? Who do you think you are? Bruce Wayne?"

Arthur imitated Bruce's accent and intonation and said: "Listen! My dear son Bruce! Look what I have in my hand! The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea!"

"...But we are Americans, so this is just a piece of waste paper! We only claim 3 nautical miles of territorial waters! This means you still have 98 nautical miles to get beaten!"

Then he smiled and said: "Yes, this is my friend, he is so law-abiding, rich people always have ways, don't they?"

There was another round of laughter from the audience.

"To stop them from killing themselves, there's nothing wrong with giving them a couple of hard smacks on the ass, and you'll soon realize that this trick really works."

"Threats and intimidation are always the easiest way to control someone. Too easy, isn't it? You're a nearly 200-pound adult, and you can scare these little brats just by walking a little louder."

"So a problem in your life is permanently solved, and things gradually become simpler, and it will gradually change from threatening him because he can't do this, to threatening him because you don't want him to do this, and the choice is always yours."

Arthur He stopped again, facing the audience and said: "It sounds like I'm preaching, teaching you how to be a good parent, but I have to say that my adoptive mother made many bad choices for me."

"Throughout my childhood, she thought my crying was unpleasant, so she chose to make me laugh, and she had to laugh, so I kept laughing, laughing uncontrollably."

The audience gradually quieted down, and people suddenly realized that this was not a talk show host sublimating his own content, because the heaviness and sadness in it were too realistic, and it did not require a very keen empathy to find that this was not a joke.

"So we're back to the original topic." Arthur changed to another handheld microphone and said, "I was diagnosed with mental illness, and then I went to see a crappy psychiatrist, who looked at me impatiently, and I felt like I was taking an exam."

"Believe me, I paid a price you can't imagine for this uncontrolled laughter, and it made me what I am today. The decisions they made for me in my childhood eventually made decisions for me throughout my life."

Arthur spread his hands and said, "I was misunderstood, expelled, and the psychological clinic I often went to was closed. The decisions made by this society for me eventually made me make decisions."

"So if you realize at some point that some of your actions are making decisions for others, always think of the worst."

Arthur dragged out a long tone and looked at Bruce.

"Then when you find that your good intentions have made some people make good decisions, you will feel genuinely surprised, and laugh from the bottom of your heart-laugh."

Bruce and Arthur laughed together.