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  SUBSCRIBE ENTERTAINMENT   MOVIES The Joker Has Always Been a Controversial Character. This Time, It’s Different BY  ELIANA DOCKTERMAN OCTOBER 8, 2019 1:16 PM EDT Joker  is shaping up to be the most  controversial movie  of the year. The film was received rapturously at the Venice Film Festival and broke the October opening weekend box-office record with an estimated  $93.5 million . But it also has some critics worried about how moviegoers will interpret the story of a man struggling with mental health issues who is pushed to violence — and  at least one  “credible” mass shooting threat was made, according to military officials. Maybe we shouldn’t be surprised that the latest version of the Joker is courting controversy. After all, he’s been doing so for decades. Creators and performers have pushed boundaries with the character, like when he committed a sexually violent act in the 1988 graphic novel  The Killing Joke , or when Jared Le...

    Login Home Literature Novels & Short Stories Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone work by Rowling WRITTEN BY Patricia Bauer   See All Contributors Assistant Editor, Encyclopaedia Britannica. She has a B.A. with a double major in Spanish and in theatre arts from Ripon College. She previously worked on the Britannica Book of the Year and was a member... See Article History Alternative Title:  “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”  ARTICLE CONTENTS Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone , also called  Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone , the first  novel  in the immensely popular  Harry Potter  series by British writer  J.K. Rowling . It was first published in  Britain  in 1997 and appeared in the  United States  the following year under the title  Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone . The book’s imaginative story line about a boy wizard made it an enduring hit with both children and adults...