LogFAQs > #973387037

Proto_Spark posted...

While this is true, there are definitely points where the movie 100% tries to have its cake and eat it too. Like this social worker scene comes right after Arthur goes on a whole spiel about how the social worker doesn't actually give a shit about him, and then there's nothing done to suggest otherwise except when the social worker says she won't be taking him anymore because the budget has been cut, and it tries to act like she actually cares, even though the last time we saw her was Arthur explaining how little she does.

The movie goes "its about nobody caring" and then says "wait no it's about how there aren't enough resources to help the people who do want to help" using the same characters. Then there isn't even any deeper statements made because the social worker proceeds to disappear from the story.

That's actually pretty realistic. There's two sides to the coin, and you have to remember that Arthur is very, very unwell. He sees someone whose job it is to help him being inneffective in that role and believes the social worker doesn't care. The social worker, meanwhile, does actually care, but is unable to provide that care to Arthur because of the system, which he takes as her not caring.

You've just got to remember that Arthur is a super unreliable narrator that's going through a breakdown, he's not seeing reality as it actually is.