I love the bad actor part, though. That's the most interesting part. He's just extremely egotistical and wants attention. It's why one of my favorite Daredevil issues is "All My Laurels You Have Riven Away" where the Jester escapes from prison and sneaks onto a live-broadcast of Cirano. Only this time, he's actually doing a good job. Rather than stop him, Daredevil distracts the police so he can finish the performance and satisfy his wish. After that, Jester willingly returns to prison. To me, that was the perfect ending for the character and I wish he had never been brought back.
One thing that helps me appreciate the character is I don't give him the Mark Hamill "clown" voice (e.g., the Joker, the Trickster, Hobgoblin). Instead, I picture him with a very pretentious theater voice.
Don't get me wrong. I don't think that character could work on the Netflix show. But I do like some of the things the character has to offer on their own terms.
Fair enough, to each their own. I did like that story and frankly I don't think Jester serves much purpose as villain after that story. He seems more like a gimmick then a character now.
The thing is Joker is also egoistical and loves attention, he often seems to think he is committing crime as performance art, with Batman and the people of Gotham as he audience, so those characteristics don't make Jester that unique compared to Joker (or Trickster or Prankster, etc.) I think having Jester a somewhat sympathetic motive makes him less like Joker then anything else would. Really Jester needs more of a unique MO from those type of villains and most of those villains are egoistical attention seekers. Maybe have him commit more acting relate crimes, kidnapping random people to star in movie of his own making (though unfortunately Joker already did in the 90s from what I remember).
The thing is though, you can still have that story and have made Jester a somewhat sympathetic character from the get go, a good actor being denied the chance to shine seems like more pathos and the story is him finally getting the break he deserves. Jester being a really bad actor due to his own arrogance and incompetence, makes him seem like a comic relief villain, rather then a serious one and that story seems like throwing the loser villain a bone (also, where did his acting skills come from for that story, did he finally decide to take acting lessons in between bank robberies), rather a character getting something they really deserve. Frankly I just think it would be interesting to have DD face against a villain who has a legitimate reason for wanting revenge on someone, rather then the petty, psychopathic and illegitimate grudges most DD villains seem to harbor.
But hey, that's just my opinion, if you like Jester the way he is, more power to ya.
Anyway, this is a bit off topic, but I do think some of these villains likely would only work in the Netflix series as corrupt civilians rather then full on super villains.
