A nickname recently given to Giuliani when he suddenly tired of being
Rudy “The Joker” Giuliani and was caught auditioning for the role of The
Penguin because he thought he needed a
change in his battered public image.
In a fitful moment of hypomanic glee and a desire to elevate himself in the public eye,
Rudy found himself wishing instead to be
Rudy “The Penguin” Giuliani, because like The Penguin in the Batman comic, he saw himself as a more respectable
New York mob “gentleman of crime,” one who wears a monocle, top hat and a tuxedo - instead of the pitifully goofy, evil grin of The Joker.