Something you can try is using the bind method, I think this achieves what you were asking for. If nothing else, it's still very useful.
function doClick(elem, func) {
var diffElem = document.getElementById('some_element'); //could be the same or different element than the element in the doClick argument
diffElem.addEventListener('click', func.bind(diffElem, elem))
}
function clickEvent(elem, evt) {
console.log(this);
console.log(elem);
// 'this' and elem can be the same thing if the first parameter
// of the bind method is the element the event is being attached to from the argument passed to doClick
console.log(evt);
}
var elem = document.getElementById('elem_to_do_stuff_with');
doClick(elem, clickEvent);