Not long ago, when someone would mention ‘clowns’ they would automatically think of someone who would dress in vibrant colors, has full face makeup, makes fun balloon creations and tell jokes. The definition of a clown is an “entertainer who wears silly clothes and makes people laugh by performing tricks without speech” but clowns are no longer perceive that way due to recent events and movies (“Clown”). In ancient Egypt around two thousand four hundred BCE was when the earliest document clowns had appeared (“A Brief History Of Clowns, and Why They’re So Darn Scary”). They were mostly found in ancient Roman and Greek societies (“A Brief History Of Clowns, and Why They’re So Darn Scary”). In Rome, clowns wore patchwork robes, pointed hats …show more content…
He was able to make his audience members adore his performances until he killed a boy with a cane in 1836 (“A Brief History Of Clowns, and Why They’re So Darn Scary”). This created the first image of a killer clowns who might want to harm others but this event did not raise that much concern since it only happened once so far, so the clown culture continued (“A Brief History Of Clowns, and Why They’re So Darn Scary”). In 1892, a clown was featured in a Italian Opera called Pagliacci and clowns were also featured in circuses (“A Brief History Of Clowns, and Why They’re So Darn Scary”). Death, horror and humor were all interconnected in circuses and clowns often acted as a “comic relief for the death-defying stunts” (“A Brief History Of Clowns, and Why They’re So Darn Scary”). Between the years of the 1950s to the 1960s clowns began to appeal to young children because of the TV program that introduced a clown named Bozo, where he would make his buddies laugh (“A Brief History Of Clowns, and Why They’re So Darn Scary”). This is when Ronald McDonald, the famous brand ambassador of the fast food restaurant McDonald’s choose to use a clown as they're known symbol (“A Brief History Of Clowns, and Why They’re So Darn
In order to scare us, books, movies, and television shows will take the most ordinary things and make it into a monster. For instance, the movie IT takes a clown and turns it into
The documentary “Rize” by David LaChapelle, focuses on the lives of Black Americans who live in South Central Los Angeles and the struggles they go through in their daily lives. Moreover the film also introduces two types of dancing groups that they have in the community. These dance groups are meant to keep the youths and children occupied and distracted from all the problems that have been going on in their community, such as the LA riot. The two styles of dancing are Clowning and Krumping. Clowning was created by Tommy the Clown in 1992. Tommy used to be a formal drug dealer, he went from having his life together to losing all his money and house. However, instead of doing nothing productive with his life, he decided to help his community by changing the lives of others through entertainment. In addition, not only did this dancing group help him get to a better place in life but also the group members are like his family. His main goal was to help put similes on people’s faces and help get some of these children and youths away from gangs. On the other hand, Krumping was also generated from Clowning, however Krumpers believe that their form of entertainment is different from clowning. Moreover, these dancing groups main focus is to distract the youths and children in the community by giving them the opportunity to do something they love, which is dancing. Furthermore, passion, spiritual connections and connection to the African culture are conveyed through the film by Clowning and Krumping.
“Labeling theory,” which states that our self-identity and behavior can be altered by the names or terms that people use to describe or classify us. Labeling is using descriptive terms to categorize or classify something or someone. Sometimes these labels can have positive impacts on our life or as Amanat’s mentioned that these labels can limit our full potential to do anything by believing that people’s expectation about us is how we should define ourselves. In doing so, we act against our true nature because we’re trying to live up to others expectations or deny their assumptions.
Halloween is the time of year that most people loved the idea of being scared beyond belief. But nowadays it’s harder to be genuinely scared because it seems like some people have become accustomed to most horrifying things that relate to Halloween due to the fact that it is the same every year. Nonetheless every year amusement parks use Halloween as a marketing scheme to get people and their friends to come to their horror nights, and spend money on ridiculous overpriced items, which all present the same things; clowns, clowns, chainsaws, and more clowns. Yes we can all agree that clowns are scary, but there has to come a time where the ones coming up with these “horror nights” step back and realize that what they are doing is no longer working anymore. But alas there is someone out there who knows what they’re doing, and it quite possibly could have to do with the fact that they are connected to the movie studio that did invent the horror film genre. But what makes Universal Studios Halloween Horror night so sinister? Universal Studios has a way where they take you out of reality and place you in a horror movie where you encounter many horror mazes, and also by the way they attack your senses in unexpected ways.
and at the circus is one of humour. We are led to believe that they
Trunk and Orson laughed at the same time once again. Through his snickering, he made an effort to speak. “I was changed into a giant chocolate clown one Halloween. It was my costume. I was very young. My older brothers had never seen me in a trance and assumed I was a real giant chocolate clown.”
The term Burlesque is usually thought of as slightly naughty theatre produced and performed between the 1700s and World War II. Webster defines it as a literary or dramatic work that seeks to mock by means of bizarre embellishment or comic imitation, mockery usually by caricature or theatrical entertainment of a broadly humorous often earthy character consisting of short turns, comic skits, and sometimes striptease acts. The word derives from the Italian burlesco, which itself derives from the Italian burla – a joke, ridicule or mockery. Today Burlesque has no meaning as a modern marvel to most Americans. Burlesque is far from the commonplace twentieth century definition. The entertainment known as Burlesque has had many different types of audiences. "Burlesque" has been used in English in this theatrical sense since the late 17th century. It has been applied with hindsight to the works of Chaucer and Shakespeare. A later use of the word, particularly in the United States, refers to performances in a variety show format. These were popular from the 1860s to the 1940s, often in clubs, as well as theatres, and featured vulgar comedy and female striptease. American burlesque shows were originally an offshoot of Victorian burlesque. They consisted of three parts: first they had comic sketches by low comedians, second they had male acts like acrobats, magicians and solo singers and third they had a burlesque in the English style on politics or a current play. The entertainment was...
Perhaps the most straightforward aspect of the way Feste communicates with other characters that resembles the communication of theater itself is the overtly performative nature of his character. A clown, Feste is often portrayed in productions caked in elaborate makeup or in a fancy jester costume. In this sense, he is almost a caricature of the way actors don new ident...
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clown. This shows him up even more in front of his own family who he
In 1935, Amer. Mercury describes geek as “a degenerate who bites off the heads of chickens in a gory cannibal show” (Oxford English Dictionary). The circus culture was built on the unusually rare. “Geeks” at carnivals were people who were not considered part of the community. While they managed to grasp people’s attention performing unnatural stunts, the cost of their actions put them apart from the normal. “Geek” during this time frame was used to describe someone who was strange,
In ancient Egypt(c. 2700 B.C.E.), Egyptians shaved their heads and they wore wigs. For Egyptians, there had many benefits to wear wigs. First, it was more comfortable in the hot weather if they did not have hair. Next, it could avoid the problem of the infestation of lice. Although the Egyptians had a baldhead hairstyle, they still want to have hair on their head. So, they create wigs which gave them the appearance of hair and protected their head under the sun. Therefore, wigs became a part of the daily wear for the Egyptians and it could show a person's status.
...fame during the silent era with a film called ‘The Tramp’ (1915). Chaplin’s Costume as ‘The Tramp’ is full of contradictions, the jacket was buttoned too tightly, the pants were baggy, and the bowler’s hat too small and the shoes were a few sizes too big as well as being worn on the wrong feet. The iconic costumes became one of the most recognisable silhouetted images of its time, the costume also helped define the on screen personality of Chaplin’s character, diverting from what was and is considered social decorum (Milton, 2011). Chaplin’s comedic style was ‘Slap-stick comedy’, which is based on deliberately clumsy actions or humorously embarrassing events. Will Kemp and Charlie Chaplin’s Clowning is a great example of the Antic fool, showing how the history of the fool has been present throughout history impacting different artistic forms, from theatre to film.
One of the earliest sightings of cosplay was in 1908. William Fell and his wife dressed as characters from the cartoonist A.D Condo’s work Mr. Skygack, from Mars at a mask skating carnival (Plunket). Though back then cosplaying was not well-known, it was well received by the public. It is unknown the exact origin of cosplay but many are credited to its evolution. Individuals such as Myrtle
If there is one way to bring a smile to someone’s face, it is laughter. Funny jokes, comical stunts, sarcasm- Every person is different when it comes to what makes them laugh. Some find dry humor comical. Others think sarcasm or joke-filled ranting are the best. ‘Comedy’ is such a broad term, broad enough to allow everyone to find something they find comical. In fact, ‘comedy’ includes a specific type of drama, one where the protagonist is joyful and happy endings are expected. Comedy is like a drug; it allows you to escape reality. When we say the word ‘comedy’ in the present, we are generally referring to a type of performance which provides humor. However, in its broadest sense, comedy has only one purpose: comedy makes people smile and