This article contains major spoilers for the ending of “Joker: Folie à Deux” now playing in theaters. Joaquin Phoenix dons his clown makeup once again in “Joker: Folie à Deux,” the follow-up to his Oscar-winning performance from 2019.

In developing the ‘Joker’ sequel, director Todd Phillips said the team “just found ourselves writing more and more music into it”

Rare is the musical that can waste a pop megastar of Gaga’s caliber. Rarer still is the one that will send you away humming no tune, tapping no toes. If you bought a ticket to “Joker: Folie à Deux,” then the joke — yet again — is on you.