Happy Fat Tuesday, aka Mardi Gras, laissez les bons temps rouler, you know that big excuse to party? I don’t like all Mardi Gras clowns, but at least Mardi Gras will likely procure clowns with style, metro-clowns, crazy-ass wild looking clowns. Unfortunately, many Mardi Gras clowns still have that “get in the van, I have candy” look which still creeps me out. Most clowns hover in the middle of the continuum of “innocent entertainer” approaching “full on creepy”. I guess Mardi Gras clowns don’t shy away from the creepy side of the continuum. If you’re going to be a clown, go all the way.
Which leads me to the second type of clown: The rodeo clown. The rodeo clown does not give off that creepy vibe that all other clowns reverberate. The rodeo clown hides in a barrel and jumps out in front of bulls to protect rodeo contestants. The rodeo clown has cajones. Rodeo clown: you are the win!
I think one of the problems I’ve always had with clowns is the insincerity inherent in the character of the clown just by it’s painted on face. A clown has a smile that’s painted on and has that smile no matter what. If a clown watches a house full of puppies burn down and all the puppies die… the clown still has the smile! It’s profoundly messed up. There is also the fact that the number one guy in Batman’s Rogue’s Gallery is a killer clown who is a psychopathic killer and is always smiling.
Just my two Fallout 3 bottle caps on the topic….
You are big time correct. The Mardi Gras clowns are politicians; I don’t like them either. The MG clowns are often part-time predators and after 3 Mardi Gras in a row, I grew to distrust them more and more each year. Its sort of like amateur versus professional. Rodeo clowns are “real.”