Has Joker 2 finally killed the incongruous music cliche?

God I hope so.

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What was the first scene in film or vision to feature whimsical or upbeat music played over horrific violence? My best guess is the Singing in the Rain scene from A Clockwork Orange, but my knowledge of media gets shaky before the 70s that if there’s something earlier I probably wouldn’t know it.

So let’s just say Singi…