Wait, That Obama-In-Whiteface Image Is Supposed To Be The Joker?

“[T]he image of President Obama in Heath Ledger Joker-face is especially disturbing because it is completely devoid of context – literary, political or otherwise. The image seems to have emerged from nowhere and was created by no one. Deracinated from authorial intent, Obama-as-Joker becomes a free-floating cipher that can be appropriated and re-appropriated by everyone.”