Wojcik has has developed his idea of the apartment plot as genre by identifying it as narrative and temporality of the events. For instance, moving in and out of the apartment created the contradiction of the sense of dwelling and constant change of one’s place. He even regard apartment plot as intertext which enables us to see affiliations across traditional genres like how abandoned mansion could create the atmosphere of horror and mystery, allow us to be reminiscent of histories of ghosts. I am sure you must have watched Joker, which also employed the apartment space to portray the plight of Arthur and paved the storyline of how he morphed from victim into psychopath. it was a huge success that he earned our sympathy even he was villain.
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Appreciate this insightful reading into Wojcik’s commentary on the apartment complex, especially in referencing the film ‘Joker for your reflection.