No, I’m not talking about fidiots that we call clowns…I’m talking about real clowns: white face paint, red noses, big shoes, colorful clothes/jumpsuits. While their antics are funny, silly, and crowd-pleasing, one-on-one and up close, they are creepy, grotesque caricatures of people.
Ruggero Leoncavallo turned a clown into a jealous husband turned murderer in his most famous opera, Pagliacci.
Hollywood seems happy to feed the creepy, crazy clown image, too.
Poltergeist:
Killer Klowns From Outer Space:
For a more serious read-up on Clowns: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clown
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