Warner Bros. is breaking its silence on the controversy surroundingJoker.
The group isnt asking the studio to halt the films release, however, or urging a boycott.
The Aurora theater where the shooting took place is reportedly not screening the film.
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Both director Phillips and Phoenixhave defendedthe movie, IGN reported.
And those that arent are capable of interpreting anything in the way that they may want to.
People misinterpret lyrics from songs.
They misinterpret passages from books.
I mean, to me, I think that thats obvious.
To me, art can be complicated and oftentimes art is meant to be complicated, Phillips added.
