yes, Andrea! Exactly. i am so glad your son got to do this photoshoot....and i hope the little turkeys that made him feel small feel small in their turn. People who are WAY TOO INTO comics and take them so very seriously need to lighten up. PS....did it work? are the bullies leaving him alone? hugs to you both.

I think it's awesome, and I hope Race carries the happiness he had during the shoot with him for a long time.

Don't listen to those idiots, they clearly have an incredibly low IQ

I thought it was awesome. I was bullied as a kid and would have loved something like this. Ignore the detractors & trolls.

He looks amazing, Andrea. I love the Joker too and have the Heath Ledger one tattooed on my arm. It's plain to see that he really enjoyed the photo shoot and it really bolstered his confidence. I have also suffered bullying when I was a kid and I really hope that the kids now treat him like the star he is. Good luck to you all.

I agree it's okay as long as the character of the Joker in The Dark Knight does not become an obsession for him. If he were to isolate into that character, and shy away too much from more positive role models, well then I'd probably get worried. He should perhaps eventually be able to turn more towards the lighter role models and heroes, at least to some extent, so that there is a balance. I guess what I'm saying is, this should be a temporary thing, and not become an obsession, so that he can hopefully grow into something else, once he starts to feel stronger and more confident when facing his peers and the rest of the world.

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I’m glad to hear it. I’m not trying to turn it into anything. I’m showing concern for potential issues. I know that vulnerable people can take inspiration from various places and not all of them are healthy.

For your information, I actually make costumes for cosplayers. There is a big difference between dressing up in a Joker outfit to win a costume contest, and dressing up in a Joker outfit because pretending to be an insane murderer gives you a sense of self-confidence.

Plenty of people dress up as Harley Quinn or Maleficent. Plenty of kids dress up Joker for halloween. So when they come around trick-or-treating am I going to tell their parents they need help? No! A friend of mine dressed up as him awhile ago. Why? Because as an actor, he really admired Heath Ledger in it. I see no problem in that.

You clearly have no idea what cosplay is. Spend your weekend educating yourself about it.

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No legitimate counselor would think dressing up and acting like a muderous psycopath to build confidence is a good idea.

@Zero Yet the kid's frame of reference seems to be the movie.

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You clearly know nothing about the Joker. Go read Death in the Family, The Killing Joke, Brian Azzarello's "Joker", Detective Comics #741, Death of the Family, and the first two issues Injustice Gods Among Us, just to name a few stories with some of the Joker's most horrific crimes. Once you've done that, then get back to me. If your only frame of reference for the character comes from movies and television, then you have no clue how disturbing this is to see. While he may be fictional, the Joker is not a character who should be looked up to or taken lightly.

Kinda different.

@Therealpixie: I prefer the term “grammar patriot”, myself. I don’t think proper grammar should ever be associated with, or compared to Nazi behaviors. :-)

Donna Webber: thank you for correcting my grammar. I’ve edited my post to replace “who’s” with “whose”. I’m normally pretty damn good with my spelling and grammar. It’s a shame you couldn’t be polite about it, though. [shrug] As for the “why does it matter part”, I think I made that clear in my original comment.

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There's being a grammar nazi, and then there's being an a**hole; you are the later. (As you see, I know my grammar as well as I recognize a**holes.)

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It doesn't say he watched the film you moron, he reads the comic books dumbass