# Heath Ledger's JOKER- who did he remind you of?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 7, 2008, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heath-ledgers-joker-who-did-he-remind-you-of/459231 "2008-08-07T23:14:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heath-ledgers-joker-who-did-he-remind-you-of/459231/21 "2008-08-08T15:21:29Z")

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[QUOTE=Sage Rat]  
The closest other homocidal maniac was Russell Crowe’s character in Virtuosity. Though that character was a bit more macho.  
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“Sid 6.7” was the character’s name.

And, yeah, good call from a forgotten movie.

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2008, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heath-ledgers-joker-who-did-he-remind-you-of/459231/22 "2008-08-09T17:31:40Z")

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I was reminded of Michael Keaton’s Beetle Juice, especially by the odd grunts and clicks in his speech (not to mentioned the disheveled makeup).

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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2008, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heath-ledgers-joker-who-did-he-remind-you-of/459231/23 "2008-08-09T18:50:33Z")

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How about the lip licking and smacking? I don’t recall anybody offhand who was famous for such facial tics.

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**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2008, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heath-ledgers-joker-who-did-he-remind-you-of/459231/24 "2008-08-09T20:03:16Z")

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Now that guys mention it, yeah, it was very reminiscent of Keaton’s Beetle Juice. Not exactly, of course, but very close.

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2008, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heath-ledgers-joker-who-did-he-remind-you-of/459231/25 "2008-08-09T20:26:51Z")

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He gave Batman an unmistakable Groucho Marx eyebrow-waggle during the interrogation room scene. And I read one review that compared his walk to Groucho’s as well, although I was too wrapped up in the movie (or else it wasn’t shot at an angle where I could tell) to pick up on that.

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**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2008, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heath-ledgers-joker-who-did-he-remind-you-of/459231/26 "2008-08-10T11:58:54Z")

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Andrew Robinson’s “Scorpio” in the original “Dirty Harry”  
VCNJ~

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