Wow... a very 'realistic' consideration on the Joker outfit... we all know that the alter ego Joker suffered from a chemical mishap (or intentionally during crime fighting by Batman) and got his face all ruined. It seems like this time, no plastic surgery, but merely some makeup based on his own botched cosmetic... what a twist...

Izzit another Christopher Nolan production?

Are you trying to get 'technical' and 'politically correct' here?

Joker is a villain.

Before Joker became a villain, he got an identity which I could care less.

And yes, it's no alter ego for it's permanently-unalterable-ego.

So a joker is jester that juggles in front of the King and Queen as entertainer, or that 4 extra pieces of card treated as WILDCARDS in the deck?