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The Joker, Darth Vader, Hannibal Lecter all wear masks. Their masks disguise the real self. In The Dark Knight (2008, USA), The Joker reveals what happened to him when he was a child to become an underground criminal. He then put on a mask. He is not only physically altered (a permanent ‘smile’), but emotionally…