Here is something you’ll need to get used to if you aren’t already: This is a story about tweets. Specifically, it’s about tweets from President-elect Donald Trump, but it also features some guest appearances from tweets by Mark Hamill and Matt Oswalt.
Hear Mark Hamill Read Donald Trump Tweet As The Joker
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Star Wars actor Mark Hamill, who also voices the Joker in several animated Batman series, is using his take on Gotham's most famous villain to make Donald Trump tweets sound even more nefarious.
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Hamill's Joker reading of Trump's tweet came following an idea seeded by comedy writer Matt Oswalt, who tweeted on December 31st of Trump's New Year's message, "This sounds like something the Joker would say right before releasing a swarm of killer bees into Gotham." It was followed by this tweet
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A concept that was endorsed by Oswalt's brother Patton Oswalt. Soon after, Hamill himself tweeted to the Oswalts which spawned this one
#4 …and this one!
Twitter followers quickly came to Hamill's aid and the audio clip was created. Hamill tweeted an audio clip of the Joker reciting Trump's infamous December 31st tweet, "Happy New Year to all, including to my many enemies and those who have fought me and lost so badly they just don't know what to do. Love!"
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Yeah, that's Hamill in character as the Joker reading this tweet:
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In addition to portraying Luke Skywalker, Hamill has long served as the voice for the Joker in animated shows, films and video games, starting with 1992's Batman: The Animated Series and continuing as the Clown Prince of Crime up through 2016's Justice League Action.
Hamill criticized Trump throughout the presidential election season, employing hashtags like #PutinsPuppet #KGB4Trump and #TheKremlinsAndKKKsKandidate.
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The fact that it's labeled "#1" indicates that there are more of these to come. At the rate Trump tweets, Hamill won't be running out of material any time soon.
