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I would argue that compelling can work if it's done right. Like the Joaquin Phoenix actor was the right balance of "compelling" but in a bad way where he's obviously compelling for the wrong reasons. He's like a fucked up call of the void joker, an antihero for incels.
All the incel drama that came out of that first movie was a sign that Joker was done really well IMO. He made the character believable, someone who could convince a fucked up troupe of incels to put clown paint on and terrorize people as a way of taking out their own anger back at the world for not fitting in.
Like it always seemed so fucking weird that he had a posse of clowns. That was the first Joker to make it real.