Whether or not it's correct to current continuity (which, inexplicably, is totally ignorant of the not retconned continuity that came before it--That, BTW, this current cont. still uses as its backdrop) is not the concern. Joker is a horrible stupid dumbass character now. A fucking joke. Exactly what he didn't want to be ever again. They killed a good thing--Leiberman killed a good thing, and Winnick decided to procrastinate. That's not something I can enjoy especially since his change was, actually, unabbreviated and unsubstantiated in the first place.