Good clowns battle evil at the 'Carnival of Screams' The battle lines are being drawn up for the ultimate pratfall showdown: between the loveable, kiddy-friendly clowns of Zippos Circus and their evil alter egos from Alton Towers’ Carnival of Screams. Zippos' clowns are none too impressed with the theme park's forthcoming dark side clownery, part of its Scarefest 2010, which …
" Brenner explained: 'It's very unfair to portray us as evil. I have always been a clown, I have grown up around clowns, my father and my grandfather were clowns and we are not evil.' "
I suppose it's not so bad when clownism runs in the family as in this case, but imagine the shock of normal parents when the recessive gene emerges and their child is born a clown?!
that little bit of fear, the unknown, the magic tricks and of course the comedy to round everything off and leave the audience warm and fuzzy.
Some clowns are just plain annoying, aren't you Mimes!?!?!???
anon because there is a big spider after me.
Nahh... never heard of them, I think this whole "good clown" movement has been made up, they are obviously just pretending, just trying to get accepted into society.
The only time you'll find a clown with a soul is shortly after a kill and they have sucked the soul out of some defenceless child.
http://www.stampoutclowns.org/index.htm
(OK, I made upi the URL but it should exist, for the sake of humanity)
clowns are simply people who are members of a rich and fascinating cultural tradition that can be traced back for many hundreds of years and who practice their art in the hope of bringing joy, laughter and delight to young and old.
That said they still freak me the hell out and I would rather chew off my own arm than be anywhere near one of those crazy, giggly nutters.
When I was a kid (about 3 yrs old) there was a huge thunder storm. Inquisitive as I was, I asked my mum where the loud noises were coming from. She simply replied: "from the clouds in the sky" and walked off.
Well, I misheard her and for years was terrified of thunder storms and the sky CLOWNS that made those horrible rumbling noises.
I also find playing Arkham Asylum on PS3 in the dark rather frightening. (I've had it for 18 months and am only about half way through it)
Evil, maybe, maybe not, but there's a good reason kids are scared by them - it's called "being sane"
For adults, we can see through it, but a young child's brain is only just getting to grasp with facial recognition, threat management and being able to judge the basics of intent and emotion.
So, you show them someone with one face under another, often with conflicting expressions, and you wonder why they're scared?
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