One of the big issues with Joker is it's a bunch of bull****. To the point that the director says it has no message, which is the all time ****ing cop out.
For a minute consider what Joker is theoretically about. Consider that it is a movie that is telling us how awful Arthur is. Why then is it that all that people seem to be getting out of it, is to dress like him and dance down some steps? You know, in a world where people like Arthur are committing violent acts across the US every single day. And we apparently mourn that but... yeah.
The bolded, just seems like a personal thing rather than any constructive opinion of the movie. It reads like you're just upset at Todd Phillips.
And your 2nd point I don't get at all. It's like asking, after Black Panther why is it that most people got out of Killmonger is to dress like him or in Scarface people take away "Say hello to my lil friend!" Tons of people miss the point of tons of movies, books, characters, etc.
And so people commit violent acts daily. That's nothing new. So why is it Joker that people are taking a stand on?
People have been violent drug dealers for years and we still praise something like Breaking Bad (that routinely showed how badass Walt was), The Wire (where it shows "bad" guys routinely as "cool" or "badass"), or Narcos.
Another example, people have been white collar criminals for years, but we still praised Wolf of Wall Street which again to me was the clearest example of gloryfiying drug use and white collar crime.
I don't get why Joker is where people are drawing a line in the sand. It reminds me when Let's Be Cops came out and some reviewers were saying things like: "Man, with the way cops are acting this movie showings cops act responsible is dangerous." Cops abusing their authority is nothing new, neither is violence, crime, etc. Tons of forms of media make bad guys or unsavory characters look cool.
Should we just not have movies anymore with villain protagonists or that try and make a villain look cool? Or even "heroes" like Batman should be pushed to the side because it shows overzealous people upholding the law through brute force?
If you really look at Joker and see it as a glorification or a disturbed and mentally ill mind, then I don't know what to tell you. It's just not there unless you really looking for it