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'Joker' fans flocking to a Bronx stairway highlights tension of media tourism

  • Written by Laura M. Holzman, Associate Professor, Public Scholar of Curatorial Practices and Visual Art, IUPUI

New York’s newest tourist attraction isn’t a museum, park or art installation.

It’s a stairway.

Sandwiched between apartment buildings in the Bronx, it’s been dubbed by moviegoers the “Joker Stairs,” earning its name and fame after being featured prominently in “Joker.” Since the film’s release,...

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