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TIL the historical origins of The Joker’s smile. It comes from fictitious child-surgeon-slavers called Comprachicos in Victor Hugo’s 1869 novel The Man Who Laughs–they kidnapped a kid and turned him into a jester, and the character with the horrible grin became The Joker.
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Whats a child surgeon slaver? A slaver of child surgeons?
It was inspired by the makeup in the movie based on the novel.
Let me blow your mind by talking about the old black and white movie The Bat
Also based on the Makup form the German film