Batman: The Killing Joke - Audio Drama
Anthony Parise for The Batman
(Tense and slightly brooding in tone - a singular voice in the likes of Kevin Conroy that works for both Bruce Wayne and The Batman)
The Batman, the world's greatest detective, the caped crusader of Gotham City. This is a routined Batman, who has seen it all, fought it all, and has suffered it all. Yet he remains loyal to his undying cause - despite his troubled relationship to The Joker - the madman he helped to create. This is a Batman who has long ago abandoned his cute little Nirvana records, and has proudly embraced black metal. "Gotham Project - Year: B**ch, who's still keeping score?" so to speak.
- english
THE BATMAN:
HELLO… I CAME TO TALK… I’VE BEEN THINKING LATELY… ABOUT YOU AND ME… ABOUT WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN TO US, IN THE END… WE’RE GOING TO KILL EACH OTHER, AREN’T WE? PERHAPS YOU’LL KILL ME, PERHAPS I’LL KILL YOU… PERHAPS SOONER, PERHAPS LATER.
THE BATMAN:
IT DOESN’T HAVE TO END LIKE THAT… I DON’T KNOW WHAT IT WAS THAT BENT YOUR LIFE OUT OF SHAPE… BUT WHO KNOWS… MAYBE I’VE BEEN THERE TOO… MAYBE I CAN HELP… WE COULD WORK TOGETHER… I COULD REHABILITATE YOU… YOU NEEDN’T BE OUT THERE ON THE EDGE ANY MORE… YOU NEEDN’T BE ALONE… WE DON’T HAVE TO KILL EACH OTHER… WHAT DO YOU SAY?THE BATMAN:
DO YOU REALIZE?! DO YOU REALIZE WHAT YOU’VE SET FREE?! WHERE IS HE?!THE BATMAN:
NO. THAT’S ALL… I’VE BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HE INTENDS TO DO… IT’S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE… I DON’T KNOW HIM ALFRED… ALL THESE YEARS, AND I DON’T KNOW WHO HE IS ANY MORE THAN HE KNOWS WHO I AM…
(PUTS HIS HANDS TOWARDS THE WICKED BAT PC-BUILD)
HOW CAN TWO PEOPLE HATE SO MUCH… WITHOUT KNOWING EACH OTHER?
