Has Joker 2 finally killed the incongruous music cliche?
God I hope so.
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…
