When Masoud would bring home a box of Orich candy bars, he would run and put his portion into the pockets of his clown. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Everybody puts on a show in the A train circus, not to mention all the clowns who get on. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

‘How can anyone let himself be dressed up like that? Like a clown. Don’t you ever get a job where you have to put on a uniform.’ Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So why are you about to step outside looking like a clown?” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“The last time I was here, they were doing clown faces. No such luck today,” Ivy explains. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I laughed because I know June used to be afraid of clowns and I could totally picture her freaking out. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

You have to control the raw material, she said, or they’ll make you into a clown. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

This story is the safety net above which he swoops and dives like a brilliant clown in a bankrupt circus. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Kids,” Dad said, “I almost wasn’t your father. You guys came real close to having a clown for a daddy named Hambone Henderson. . . .” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I too find it hard to believe there is a connection across time and space, linking me to a race of ill-mannered clowns. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

The clown showed us to a table stacked with food—the same boiled nuts and roasted meats that had tempted us at the carnival. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Then after a while a van pulled up, maybe thirty yards ahead of me, and a man got out dressed as a clown. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I saw a clown in bright fantastical garb cavorting about the room. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I suspected that there was a plan in his public clowning. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Physically, he was as awkward as a clown. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes we’d pick randomly from the litter of shiny squares scattered across my comforter, and we’d laugh at Fang clowning for the camera, all pumped up after one big climb or another. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

While we waited for her to return, the clown and the snake girl debated the best ways to torture Caul. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

And there in the doorway were Gluck and Derby and Pilgrim—the childish soldier and the poor old high school teacher and the clown in his toga and silver shoes—staring. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

His cheekbone was red, like that Dawn clown from the dance had smacked him with her rouge. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

I felt like I was watching my sisters singing, really singing, and not clowning. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

All the kiddos, everyone but me, who is horrified at this clown, jump up and down like he’s handing out chocolate-covered cotton candy, and Uncle Robert takes Shawn’s hand and starts toward the lineup. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The clown waved his finger in the air like a schoolmarm. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He flashed on an image of his father in his clown suit just before that final party. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“No. It’s really too late to change the choreography. But never fear. The circuses will be marvelous! Ah...not the modern sort of circus, mind you. That would require clowns, and I hate clowns.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

With one hand Bronwyn picked the clown up by his neck. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I waited by the red clowns, just like you said, but you never came, you never came for me. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

One wore ankle-high brown hiking boots, as if he were about to go mountain climbing, while another stood ready to play in his socks, which flopped like clown shoes when he ran. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The clown laughed and said, “Sense of humor! I like that,” and moved on to the blind brothers. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“And I don’t like being hunted by invisible corpse beasts,” said the clown, and he began to pry the older brother from the younger. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I watched the clown, who reminded me of a firework sizzling and sparking. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I wanted Green Power Ranger, but the clown said he didn’t have enough green face paint Isn’t that weird? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was wearing the clown suit and full makeup. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“I say we pull out his toenails first,” said the clown. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

In the parlor, Buddha statues and Taoist immortals grinned at them like psycho clowns. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Stalin had a sad clown face as airplanes hit his head. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

My mother used to always clown him, saying he was stuck somewhere between 1970 and outer space. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

As the jury members straggled in, they were not clowning around or tap-dancing on the stage as jurors usually did. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

There’s a clown in front of her, a lanky man who alternately does back flips and cartwheels. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Everything’s quiet but for the silent laughter of the clown in my hands. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Yet when he was laughed at it cut him to the quick—he got rough and loud like a sort of clown. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The man’s job title was Vice-President for Corporate Relations, and his name was Chuck Muckle, which Curly thought would be more suitable for a circus clown. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some snicker that he’s a clown, laugh about his appearance, dismiss his humility as an act. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Movies and floating homes and his brothers pranks, like last night when John wore a scary clown mask and tapped Jack while he was asleep. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

That you’ll have someplace, like a clown’s pants, to hide it when people come to take it away. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The rubbery front part of his sneaker jabbed too hard against the wall and bent like clown shoes. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

And they won’t just hide it someplace easy to find, like a clown’s pockets, or anyplace in this world. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

To keep the crowd occupied while this happens, the band plays a concert and the clowns, including Walter, tour the stands, handing out candy and chucking tots’ chins. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

When I raise it to my face, a clown looks back at me. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The painted man looked like a very sad clown. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

So now I was never going to grow into my clown clothes and I was stuck being a clown. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

But she had refused to, until he had replacements; and so he’d been caught in shoes that swooped up gaily at the toes, like a clown’s. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The same old boys showed off trading cards and clowned around nearby. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I was especially wary of the clown, the one Bronwyn had pulled Olive away from. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He was clowning around and when we played the tape back I saw that it was too dark and I was jerking the camera around. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to deliver my speech more than anything else in the world, felt that only these men could judge truly my ability, and now this stupid clown was ruining my chances. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sensed her weakness and spent most of class coming up with creative ways to burnish my status as class clown. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Zohra wipes her lipstick off with a tissue, and it smears a bit, like clown makeup. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I think that clowns are freaky, but Brandy loves them and always tells me about her collection back home. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

He’s weighted on the bottom, like a punching clown. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I mean, I still didn't know him that well for Jazz to be clowning him so bad. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

It would be a disgraceful farce in which he, Talc, would become the clown. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked like a clown minus the red nose. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every day she came in with something different—a chain of SpongeBob Burger King toys strung around her neck; one asymmetrical, giant, red-plastic hoop earring; black clown circles on her cheeks. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“When you couldn’t use Cap as your clown, you tried to use him as your crash-test dummy. I’ve had it up to here with you, Zach Powers! You and I are through!” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

It was a different psychological environment, where my normal expectations were inverted, where leadership was honored and class clowns were ostracized. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The clown’s nose lights up with a clanging siren. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“If you want to ban someone, why don’t you start with this clown?” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She had on enough makeup for ten clowns. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

He was the central clown in an unconscious travesty of that famous oil painting, “The Spirit of ’76.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

How something so tiny could be so bottomless was a mystery to Pacheco: it was like clowns getting out of, or rather into, a Volkswagen beetle. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next thing he’d be wearing clown shoes and turning cartwheels in the main hall. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Then we’ll catch two and compare their lies,” the clown said. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

His favorites were the two cheerful deaf-mute brothers who ran the barbershop and who loved to clown around. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Poor clowns, wider than tall, more dead than alive, poor creatures whose ghostly faces peeked out from layers of prisoner’s clothes! Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of the kids laughed like they were watching a circus clown. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Some waddled on legs partially fused together, while others had flippers for feet, which reminded Percy of clown shoes. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“You are not going to dress up as a clown, are you?” said Maxim gloomily. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Obviously—they were tortured out of their minds!” said the clown. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“What’s with this clown, Link? It says he’s from New York City. What’s it his business what goes on around here?” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

And I’ve named her Edwina after a clown we saw at the carnival last summer, who juggled and told dumb jokes. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I was just listening and trying not to clown him, and even told him that I still had the one he gave me when we first met, when all of a sudden a door slammed. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Charlie’s so close, I can smell her bean breath, but I don’t clown her for it. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“We found their old records,” the clown said. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Show them the scars,” said the clown to the nurse. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I’m reminded of the circus routine in which an apparently endless stream of clowns comes out of a tiny car. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

They tried Polish on Billy Pilgrim first, since he was dressed so clownishly, since the wretched Poles were the involuntary clowns of the Second World War. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Me, the girl who just shut down the class clown. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

That night I dreamed I was at a circus with him and that he refused to laugh at the clowns no matter what they did. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Either way, the clown’s question had caught us off guard. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“What? I know you didn’t say what I think you said. You were die cryingest little clown there ever was.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, wait. Buy your cat sweater and your clown thing. You wanted them. I’m sorry I’m being weird.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t been any kind of clown toward me and my brother. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“All right, you’ve given us the horror show,” Emma said to the clown and the folding man, “and we are duly horrified. Now tell us what you want.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

That somebody may have you written across the pages of some magazine as a buffoon and a clown has got to play upon your psyche as to how you perform, how hard you’ll push. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I did four or five media jobs in England, juggling them like a clown. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seals frisked around the ship, showing their clown faces above the water before sinking back without a splash. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Is that right?” said the clown, and then walked over to Caul and spat right in his face. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Every time a stumble bum passed and loitered for a moment, they clowned and showed off. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

A party clown with a therapy dog headed into a room. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Aunt Daisy stared at the life jackets as if Henry was holding up clown costumes. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Strong stomachs only,” said the clown, glancing at Olive. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The restaurant came alive with the American lady's clowning. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

With the help of the joint I felt confident enough to clown around. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Mama gasps—Jus is sure she knows both of those clowns by name—and the cops exchange another glance. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The clown leaned forward in his chair and glared at us. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Kids cried when the fire engines and police cars went by, and then started rushing the street when the creepy-looking clown rode by on his little bike and threw out candy. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“You know, make a fresh start. I really didn’t mean anything when I made fun of you during auditions. I was just clowning around, you know.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I decided the latter was the lesser of evils, so I went downstairs to have what would likely be the strangest meal of my life while dressed like a clown without makeup. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

This person crying in the doorway and calling me poor girl looked like a clown made up like Sad Ruth. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

When I get nervous, sometimes I clown around because I’m not sure what else to do. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He had seen his fill of people eating and drinking and acting like clowns, jabbering like ... so that's it: jabbering, dropping clues. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oh, I can be an amusing clown for an afternoon, but after that everyone’s had enough of me to last a month. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

When dealing with a clown like Carlos, the key is to never let him see you flustered. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She left her daughter with Clara and took the bus, carrying a clown’s valise covered with flowers. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cop said to go ahead and added, “Next time you’ll know better than to clown around with a policeman.” The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“As for finding out where the ymbrynes are,” said the clown, “no problem. We’ll catch a wight and torture it out of him. Make him show us on the Map of Days.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

To avoid the clowns and their cameras, Uncle Carlos turns onto the street alongside the courthouse. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“We just figured we’d show you how much it’s in your own best interest to do so,” said the clown. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Before they could catch me watching them clowning around, I found the magazine rack. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Probably everybody in the whole world, all jammed in like one of those clown cars. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

And there they were, Ghost and Lu, slapping their stupid hands together like clowns. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

He’s inching his electronic tweezers near the clown’s leg on the game board. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“No, not a clown. But I’m hideous. Everyone thinks so.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The more I look, the more shapes I see—faces, cars, flowers, trees, babies, clowns—and then, for some reason, I start imagining Lorena as a cheetah running through a forest. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

One of the smaller girls did a kind of puppet dance while her fellow clowns laughed at her. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Or maybe...maybe they’re escaped rodeo clowns. And the rodeo clown mafia is out to get them.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I was the acne-ridden clown with duck feet in floppy shoes. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She snapped a needle from a cactus and with the slapstick pantomime of a circus clown pretended to pick her teeth with it. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Within the world of the play, he had been a shabby, half-drunk clown. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Well, it got less silly after warm-up laps, stretching, and the usual clowning around. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I looked up to see her yank Olive away from a clown who had bent down to talk to her. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She spent her afternoons with the lion tamers and clowns. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Then the clown straightened, closed up his van and started walking, in the same direction I was walking, several paces ahead of me, a small suitcase in one hand, the balloons in the other. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He must be a powerful man, I thought, not a clown at all. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re welcome. I was so excited when I found it at a tag sale. Doesn’t she remind you of the clown we saw last summer?” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I remembered him from freshman fall, class clown wannabe, emphasis on wannabe. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Convinced that in daylight the mummies would be in no mood for clowning, she went to the darkroom hoping that the door would be open, but it was locked, as always. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve always been the clown and mischief maker of the family; I’ve always had to pay double for my sins: once with scoldings and then again with my own sense of despair. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Even by the third try I resembled a circus clown. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is no point arguing that I don’t look like a clown even though I actually think I look good. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The "crackpot—clown" with the streak of gray hair sitting before him suddenly had Traynor's full attention. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

One time his father had taken him to a state fair where a rodeo clown got chomped by a panicky horse. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

You passed the ball off to those clowns on your team when you should have taken the good shot. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have to admit, he was funny as hell, which was probably why so many kids liked him in the first place, although he was a lot more than just another pothead clown. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“You idiots, you cretins, you morons!” the clown shouted. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The third is the history of a clown’s underpants. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I felt awkward about it, and I even thought the clown might turn and say something. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t like, say, Laura, who for all her clowning around could worry for days, weeks even, about some little thing someone said to her. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The clown was bleeding so badly that he was rushed to the hospital in a helicopter. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The history of the clown’s underpants is a secret history and I will never tell it. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Half of each face is plain and sad, the other half is plastered with thick clown makeup that is fake-happy. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

There was a clown in my hospital room today. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would rather have heard this than anything, for he knew that his unquenchable, wayward old clown was not made for sadness or uncertainty. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He blinked, forgetting Jon for a moment as he noticed how the photographer had captured a bright orange and black clown fish nestled in a pale sea anemone. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

He might even have had some students think him a right clown. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Daniel Handler in a bunny costume, Amy Tan as a farmer, and Allen Ginsberg as a clown. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Ms. Owens, a PE teacher with a smile that looked like it’d been painted on by a drunk clown, started off by trying to fire us up. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I’m glad the shop has cleared out from earlier; nobody here to clown me. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Said it’s bad ’nough that our last name sound like something out of a circus, so she wasn’t ’bout to give her firstborn child no clown’s name. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know if Diego was joking about the dress code, but I would have worn clown shoes and a tutu to get out of my house. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Where in blazes did you three clowns get to?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Was I the dying clown? Clowns are the worst.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

A while back, though, he started working part-time as a clown for children’s birthday parties. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I was really a clown, but my ignorance made me think I was “sharp.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Balloons, face paint, clowns, barbecue, games, and music. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I don’t see a clown or a giraffe or a heart or even popcorn; they’re just gray shifting to darker gray and then back out to edges of white where the sky seems to disappear. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Elephants and clowns and giraffes and trapeze people. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He liked being a clown in a ring, with everybody watching, in front of a grandstand. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

She’s constructing some weird sculpture—a mask behind a clown’s face. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

The crowd whistles and applauds, but after that the clown keeps his distance. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Friends tonight at the Frontier, these clowns would leap at each other’s throats tomorrow. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A year ago, me and Sneaky would’ve clowned him about it. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t such a prepared clown, I don’t think. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked back for the leering clown, but he had melted into the crowd. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She took a clown doll and sewed giant baggy pants around it that ruffled out with dozens of little pockets. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Daniel Handler in a bunny costume, Amy Tan as a farmer, and Allen Ginsberg as a clown. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“That’s why I wouldn’t clown you. In fact, I think I have the same pair.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

They fit like a bunch of circus clowns packed into a Beetle. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“That,” she says slowly, “was like watching a clown die at a children’s birthday party.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Boys clowned and made faces trying to make her laugh, but she looked straight ahead and never even cracked a smile. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It infuriated me to remember that not too long ago I—like this boy—had foolishly played the clown. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He’s seen billboards with fire-eating clowns and a pretty woman in a feathered headdress. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

And of course Avery was tickled to find himself so wet, and he immediately started to act like a clown. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

“No clowning around. No joking around. No switching up your positions when you feel like it.” Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Mack, dressed like a clown, pedals a tiny bike. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

She laughed when I clowned for her, and smiled and accepted gracefully the food gifts my sister gave her. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you kidding me? Yesterday he thought a mailbox was a clown.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I thought he’d be drinking or something, so I went to change out of my clown clothes, but was someone on the phone for me. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Alone with his son, he managed to control the furious tremor in his voice and to snarl at him that he was sick and tired of his clowning. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nate tried not to stare at Paul, but he kept thinking of the devilish teenager who’d clowned around on Papa’s ships. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

When he spoke, the scar across his lower lip stretched and pulled, making his face seem crooked, like that of a clown. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

After the show Salim gave the clown his last pound. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scythe Goodall’s orange-and-blue-striped robe made her look more like a circus clown than a scythe. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Web was clowning on the side and flashing gang signals. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

They passed some boys swimming and clowning in the water, shrouding their words in laughter. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Usually when our teacher leaves the room, Charlie Price, the class clown, acts up. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

But in the presence of whites he would play the role of a clown of the most debased and degraded type. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

What was wrong with them anyway, couldn't they see that they were dealing with a clown? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The freeway billboard has a drawing of Mack in his clown clothes and Stella on her hind legs and an angry animal with fierce eyes and unkempt hair. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

They had all come back with Purple Hearts, but it didn’t seem as if the war had changed Harley; he was still a little fat, and he still made them laugh, joking and clowning. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He must be a powerful man, I thought, not a clown at all. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brandy’s gift was hard to wrap because of its shape—underneath is a clown. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Her mascara started streaming down her face, which made her look like a grotesque clown. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

A postscript asked for information on what his scientific clowns were up to. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“They are pretenders. Making themselves clowns for you and your ilk.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He was feeling different tonight from every other night; he did not need to dance and sing and clown over the floor in order to blot out a day and night of doing nothing. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Wren appointed Bronwyn, the clown, and the folding man to be Caul’s guards, arming them with broken icicles. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

It was like watching one of those clown cars, where people keep coming out of this tiny space. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The yellow wisps stood up on end like a circus clown’s, and I wondered how I ever thought she was cute. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Brody works as a birthday clown on weekends, so lots of kids have known him since they were toddlers. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“That’s exactly what I was going to say. A rodeo clown.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Like I said, I don’t even remember my mother, and who wants a father who’ll run away and leave his baby daughter all by herself? I’d much rather spend my time with elephants and clowns.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I sat at the dining room table adding colors to the black-and-white clown in my coloring book. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I put Daddy’s notebook in my backpack before Sneaky can clown me for what I’m reading. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the boys were acting human and were able to be around girls without clowning or starting trouble. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

She appointed the eldest child at home to be “king” or “queen” to run the house in her absence and we took it from there, creating court jesters, slaves, musicians, poets, pets, and clowns. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And although he did not for a minute believe this herd of thundering clowns was going to flush Joe Mondragon, he never let that belief disturb his concentration on the job at hand. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Will asked, peering at us through oversized clown sunglasses. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

A loud, jolly cry went up as three otters in clown costumes came bounding in. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He turns on the switch for the roller coaster and pushes the first car, painted with laughing clowns, along the well-worn grooves. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t we cut him in ten places?” said the clown. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She’d reached the desktop, with the background picture of all three kids at Halloween last year: Finn as a clown, Emma as a ninja, and Chess as a skeleton. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“In a weird way. Not clown scary, um, how do I say this? Like, you don’t want to look at it too long. Good job, Mel.” Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

He clowned badly, but Percival and the others noticed and sniffed and laughed. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Ham began to clown around, rolling his eyes and saying, "Well, first you..." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even in a clown suit, it was obviously Stalin. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The conductor, a tiny man in a beaver hat and Prince Albert coat, was jumping up and down like a tin clown. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Sorry . . . about . . . that,” the clown wheezed through his closing windpipe. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

This morning, though, he would stand out in a crowd—unless it happened to be a crowd of clowns. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

At that moment you remembered Vinny’s old wallpaper, the one she used to have when she was little, with carousels and clowns. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Flakes of red clown paint flicked the air. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“What is there to talk over?” said the clown. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She tells Mr. Freeman she hates clowns; a clown scared her when she was a little girl and it put her into therapy. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

They walk across and pose for me in front of the clown jumping castle. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

So I pedal backward and practice riding no-hands, and I make big figure eights like a circus clown to keep slow pace with him as we go. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

They look like those balloon pants the clowns wear in circuses. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

"That lame clown I saw you talking to down there. Who he? Y'all got a thing?" When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He looked like somebody who had flunked clown school. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

Despite clowning him about it, they loved him. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

On Halloween, Grace wears an ordinary lady’s dress, Carol a fairy outfit, Cordelia a clown suit. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She feels like a circus clown who wakes up one morning and no longer wants to glue on the red rubber nose. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I thought I was going to die when that clown dropped his drawers.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“How they made it all the way here from Wales without being captured is beyond me,” said the clown. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He had no idea that people thought he was clowning. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Union Jacks wave, punctuated by the occasional emigré Stars and Stripes or Tricolor, and by a smattering of oversized bicycle horns, clown wigs, and inflatable bananas. The Sound of Brexit at the BBC Proms 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z

"I was the class clown," Winters told The New York Times in recounting his high school days. Manic comic Jonathan Winters dead at 87 2013-04-13T04:51:34Z

The test card was another, with its sinister grinning clown and that nice girl stuck in a geometric no-place, condemned to play – or not play – noughts and crosses for ever. So long overnight TV. And thanks for all the late night poker and big brown ties 2011-03-27T21:15:00Z

The film contains many images and moments — of dwarves, miners, dictators, clowns, amputees — that outrageously mix the ridiculous and the tender. Alejandro Jodorowsky's renewal continues with 'The Dance of Reality' 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z

The world still felt like a calamity clown car. When the World Feels Like a Disaster, ‘9-1-1’ Is on Call 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z

He says he was encouraged when he heard the audience gasp at a flying clown soaring overhead. Arts & Leisure: How Do You Make a Whole Show Fly? 2011-06-08T12:00:00Z

The production, wrote Holly Williams in The Independent, "pitches its audience into a zanily macabre funfair, the traverse stage littered with clapped-out bumper cars and a giant clown's head". Sondheim hails 'fresh' Assassins show 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z

He is not the clown his television persona suggests, but nor does he come across as a brooding master of suspense. Jordan Peele on Us: ‘This is a very different movie from Get Out' 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z

It also provided much fodder for the class clowns in attendance, who hammed it up for the cameras after the display by feigning to struggle to lift the Styrofoam boulders. At McQueen, some see clues to Middleton mystery 2011-03-09T02:46:04Z

Mr. Burstein’s knockabout “Buddy’s Blues,” a low vaudeville clown turn, seethes with a genuine exasperated ambivalence that comments wryly on both Buddy’s self-flagellating nature and on the cathartic nastiness of music-hall humor. | 'Follies': Broadway Babies? Glory Days 2011-05-23T02:01:05Z

At times it's been like watching a drunk clown juggling in an Ikea ballroom: pretty entertaining, but all over the place. The Secret Diaries Of Miss Anne Lister 2010-05-31T06:00:00Z

"Pee-wee was so much more real. So consistent but still unpredictable. The best clowns have emotions like a kitten has intestines — it all goes straight through them" "Larger than life, but still true": Where Pee-wee Herman fits in the history of American clowns 2023-08-06T04:00:00Z

Soul excelled at everything he did — DJing, B-boying and graffiti art — and was a famously ruthless critic who pushed everyone around him to better their craft through constant clowning, friends say. The legacy of Soul One, a steward of Seattle hip-hop culture, lives on 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z

For a true bloodcurdling experience, Blood Manor, a 10,000-square-foot haunted house in TriBeCa with clowns, corpse brides and cannibals, would be a good place to start. Spooky Season Has Arrived in New York. Here’s What’s on Our List. 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z

She was not the sort of woman who tolerated clowns or clownishness. Aretha Franklin Is As Immortal As Can Be 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z

The early rounds of Britain's Got Talent and The X Factor are a circus fairground where we're invited to laugh at the freaks and clowns. Susan Boyle: What happened to the dream? 2010-05-29T23:05:00Z

The Juggalos, who the group says are about a million strong, paint their faces to look like clowns and display a logo of a hatchet man on their clothes and jewelry. Hip hop duo Insane Clown Posse seek to lift gang label for fans 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z

“Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus” centers on a clown who has survived Shakespeare’s carnage. In “Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus,” Taylor Mac Takes on Shakespeare—and Trump 2019-04-20T04:00:00Z

His greatest defense is of the band Nickelback, which is so elaborate that I can’t begin to do justice to it, except to say that it involves Jesus, physics and an Italian clown. 5 New Comedy Specials to Remind You of the Old Normal 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z

The movie unblinkingly chronicles the chaotic life and times of rock’s most notorious cut-up, from his miserable working-class childhood through his years as a drunken clown to his latter-day sobriety. Critic?s Notebook: Tribeca Turns 10: Films on Rebels, Rock and Real Life 2011-04-14T12:00:00Z

I read It when I got the role and I thought it was wonderfully scary, because clowns are scary. 'He knows everyone is vulnerable to something': actors and directors on the grisly joy of adapting Stephen King 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z

But given this history, Pennywise the creepy clown takes on an altogether more sinister aspect. Innocence lost: Stephen King’s It and the real-life horror of kids in Hollywood 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z

“I hope I don’t look like a clown by the time it’s all over,” she added. Darlene Love’s Last ‘Letterman’ Christmas 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z

They've perfected the Eric-Ernie dynamic of the infuriated straight man and the clown who deliberately messes it all up, and panto lends itself beautifully to audience participation. Edinburgh fringe: the 10 best shows for children 2010-08-24T10:00:00Z

These guys really are clowns, wild and foolish — but no less dangerous, at least to themselves, since they have dynamite strapped to their stomachs. 'Four Lions' Review: Finding Comedy in Suicide Bombers 2010-11-19T14:15:00Z

Sometimes class clowns are good students who just lack the attention span to focus in school. From killer clowns to juggalos: Baskets' guide to identifying your inner clown 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z

There will also be musicians, storytellers and clowns providing outdoor entertainment. Spare Times for June 6-12 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z

Ever since Shakespeare’s clowns and Molière’s servants who speak truth to power, theatrical stories need that balance. Mary Anna Dennard on College Theater Degrees 2010-08-19T09:00:00Z

Happenstance Theater specializes in the old skills — physical theater, clowning, mime — all served here with winking whimsy. Round House’s ‘Impossible!’: Offering the top grads of clown college 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z

Bloomberg responded by saying that mutual acquaintances in New York laughed at Trump behind his back, calling him “a carnival barking clown.” Trump and Bloomberg’s Twitter Fight: ‘Like if a Rap Battle Was on CNBC’ 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z

“I can be silly. I can be a clown. I can make people enjoy themselves and maybe lighten the burden of a blight.” Lady Bunny Is Still the Shadiest Queen Around 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z

Eventually, the clowns learn how to safely incorporate their new friend into a joyful romp. American artists find meaning in the fall of the Berlin Wall

He has made sculptures of clowns and giant Easter Island type heads as well as paintings that look like window frames and blurry targets. Art Review: ?The Spirit Level,? Group Show at Gladstone Gallery, Chelsea 2012-04-12T21:12:02Z

The mischievous, manic clown, beckoning us to follow him to a comic three-ring circus, has shriveled to an unreadable automaton with cringing body language. Review: Robin Williams as a Hustler-Hiring Husband in ‘Boulevard’ 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z

But the clown mischief is sturdy, and Goodwin and cohorts make merry with it. Review: 'The Two Gentlemen of Verona' ? bromancing buddies and their gals 2010-03-25T21:47:00Z

Over scrambled eggs and toast in a room full of clown children and their watchful moms, I fessed up to my fear. Perspective | I won clown contests as a kid. It didn’t win me friends, but it showed me I could do anything. 2020-11-28T05:00:00Z

Last year, reports of a clown leaving a threatening note outside a school on a now-defunct satirical website set that particular internet rumour-mill in motion. Halloween myths and urban legends that just won't die 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z

There's quite a confusing lyric at the centre of this song: "I'll be your clown, on your favourite channel." This week's new tracks 2013-02-04T06:00:00Z

Right before I did too, a clown burst out of the wall and knocked me in the chest. Go Down That Hall. You Know You Want To. 2010-10-21T14:56:00Z

Despite the clown scare sweeping the nation, Stephen King wants you to chill about clowns. Stephen King says people shouldn't be afraid of clowns. Right 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z

It wasn’t senility melting the edges of form and letting the clowns and tragedians cross-pollinate; experience and mastery were doing that. Review: A Moving ‘Winter’s Tale,’ With Women in Charge 2018-03-25T04:00:00Z

Sometimes class clowns just don’t understand the language that the instructor is teaching in. From killer clowns to juggalos: Baskets' guide to identifying your inner clown 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z

It is so different to my accent and you sound like a clown when you first try it as a German. A Minute With: Daniel Bruhl on the 'Rush' of playing Niki Lauda 2013-09-18T16:58:08Z

Okay, so are they going to walk a clown down the runway in your place again? Asking for it: "Drag Race" winner Bianca Del Rio has questionable advice for you 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z

On Twitter, King responded to a rash of recent news stories about people dressed as clowns scaring and threatening people across the country. Stephen King says people shouldn't be afraid of clowns. Right 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z

These three clowns do so in this new production in the Classic Brunch Matinee Series at the Canal Park Playhouse, pulling their props out of an antique trunk and combining acrobatics, juggling, slapstick and music. Spare Times: For Children, for Jan. 6-12 2012-01-05T22:13:31Z

LaBeouf himself, nasally with a paunch, takes on the part of his emotionally and occasionally physically abusive father, a rodeo clown and recovering alcoholic. The Week in Arts: Clairo, John Cage and Shia LaBeouf’s ‘Honey Boy’ 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z

Luckily, the cast members continue to exert themselves relentlessly in the service of laughter, from mere exaggerated inflections to all-out clowning. Review: ‘The Alchemist,’ a Play in Search of Comedy Gold 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z

The sad clown would be a hoary trope, if it didn’t resonate so deeply. Review: Zach Galifianakis's 'Baskets' Wrings Painful Laughs 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z

And his role in the Leveson campaign has proved to Coogan, and to the rest of us, that he's more than the class clown. Steve Coogan: older, wiser, but as for his alter ego… 2013-07-27T23:05:40Z

A self-described “class clown,” the young Thibodeau was in truth a lonely kid who was teased for being overweight and poured his angst into a hand-me-down drum set. An Audiobook Gives New Life to the Haunting Memoir of a Waco Survivor 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z

But I really enjoyed that so much because there was something about clowns and those clown paintings. | Diane Keaton 2012-10-04T13:00:42Z

In his 1985 autobiography, Lewis swore he would one day finish the film, in which he plays a concentration-camp clown charged with amusing children on their way to the gas chamber. The 10 greatest "missing movies" 2011-07-20T00:30:00Z

In what was less a conversation than a cosmic matchup, they talked about getting into character, childhood play, the value of makeup, and the horror of clowns. Cate Blanchett and Cindy Sherman: Secrets of the Camera Chameleons 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z

The perfect point of Woody Allen, just when he was stopping being a total slapstick clown but before he became too serious. The 50 funniest films… chosen by comedians 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z

“I’m supposed to hire all these clowns, like they know better,” he said, sounding annoyed. He?s Only Just Begun to Fight 2011-04-13T22:52:55Z

Clowns entertained families at the circus, and, as entertainment moved to film and television, child-friendly clowns followed there too. The creepy clown emerged from the crass and bawdy circuses of the 19th century 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z

But it has plenty of charm, and Hilton's likely to find it in a play which is also notable for its clowns, Speed and Launce and his dog Crab. This week's new theatre 2013-03-30T06:00:21Z

Like the archetypal unhappy clown, this Cyrano seems truly at ease only in performance, willing himself into larger-than-life stances that both exaggerate and disguise his insecurities. Theater Review: ‘Cyrano de Bergerac,’ With Douglas Hodge 2012-10-12T02:00:00Z

Using actors and elaborate sets, Mr. Filizadeh presents the story of the ruler’s life as a phantasmagoria of kink and corruption, and the Shah himself as a shameless, let-it all-hang-out clown. 3 Knockout Art Shows to See in Los Angeles Right Now 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z

Nearby is the actual hat that served as the model for the clown hat worn by bad-boy Pepito and some early sketches of this character. In New York, it’s all about ‘Madeline’

"Did you know that 1 in 3 clowns will have an abortion in her lifetime?" she asks Jost. On "SNL," Cecily Strong's Goober the Clown nails the joy and comedy of abortion 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z

Wisdom, who has died aged 95, was almost the last in a great tradition of knockabout, slapstick clowns, a performer who relied less on words than on an acrobatic physical dexterity to gain his laughs. Sir Norman Wisdom obituary 2010-10-05T00:01:00Z

"People call it the Lego house or the clown house. It's really postmodern. It's what we saw in the late '80s and early '90s with bright colors and atypical shapes," Handle added. 'Crayola' house on Lake Michigan hits the market at $1.175M 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z

And once a viewer gets past that, the unfortunate truth is that this “American Horror Story” is just another slasher tale that features a bunch of bad clowns. Review | ‘American Horror Story’ tries to make the Trump era scarier than it actually is 2017-09-02T04:00:00Z

For the record, King told Twitter followers last month to “cool the clown hysteria.” The tears of a (real) clown: All the insane clown hysteria is giving us a bad name 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z

But there was one notable absence in a room filled with would-be ringmasters, macabre clowns and more than one person capable of hanging from a hoop suspended from the ceiling. Ringling Circus Is Returning. Lions, Tigers and Dumbo Are Not. 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z

That tension, between cute clowning and outright molestation, gives this award-winning silent comedy act its charge. Doctor Brown – review 2013-03-26T18:09:38Z

I worried I was holding them too long for a picture; when I stopped, they awkwardly started clowning around. Briony Campbell's best photograph 2012-08-01T16:30:01Z

If so, Stephen King is, too; in an interview, he said he chose a clown for his villain’s main form in “It” because he thought clowns scare children “more than anything else in the world.” The monsters we create: On Stephen King’s “It,” the creepy clown epidemic and Donald Trump 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z

The sad professors of campus fiction tend to be either clowns or saints. “The Shakespeare Requirement” Is a Sad-Professor Satire That Burns with Moral Anger 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z

West Seattle Grand Parade: Pirates, clowns, marching bands, drill teams, floats, 11 a.m. Festivals, food and flowers | Community Corner 2013-07-19T19:54:46Z

Her basic eyeliner became an ornate volute, a swath of clown makeup, a cat mask. A Bad Girl With a Touch of Genius 2011-07-27T21:06:38Z

It wasn't really until the 1880s and 1890s, when entertainment impresarios like Barnum made efforts to "clean up" the circus to draw in a larger audience, that clowns truly became associated with children. The creepy clown emerged from the crass and bawdy circuses of the 19th century 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z

The whole student body could be the spawn of the clown monsters in Hotel Transylvania, but with the special gravity of bright, sad children. Tim Burton's Frankenweenie: A Re-animated Delight 2012-10-04T12:00:18Z

It began, she says, when he saw a photo of her clowning around on a mutual friend’s Instagram feed. ‘Harry & Meghan’ Has All the Intimacy of Instagram 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z

It seems like a circus trick: the sushi burrito as clown car. Buredo’s sushi burritos are over the top, in a very good way 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z

One more page turn and a baby — a clown baby, as it happens — falls off the back of the caboose, round and ripe as a pointy-headed melon. Review: ‘The Farmer and the Clown,’ by Marla Frazee

A cluster of townspeople who might have been written off as bumpkins, drunkards and clowns coalesces into something like a lynch mob. ‘Fear’ Review: Stranger in a Strange Land 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z

Luckily, Davis — who describes herself as a class clown despite her shyness — held on to her sense of humor. At the Oscars, Geena Davis will get a humanitarian award for making Hollywood see women as fully human 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z

Tired of trying to find his place in the world, he’s turned to classic French clowning as a method of expression. Comedy in NYC This Week 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z

Of first working on the show, Mr. Armfield writes: “The thrilling thing was that we found the more intense the clowning, the more intense the comedy, the more intense the experience of pain and alienation.” | 'Diary of a Madman': Send in the Russian Clown and His Pain and Alienation, Too 2011-02-18T00:36:24Z

In the movie, lead actor Joaquin Phoenix dances as he goes down the steps, wearing a bright red suit and clown makeup. Bronx steps in ‘Joker’ movie become a tourist attraction 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z

“Your team is a bunch of clowns,” goes part of one of Barr’s confrontations. Bob Woodward Extends His Trump Chronicles With the Chaotic Transfer of Power 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z

David Humphrey’s “Clown Girl,” a painting of a naked, sad female clown in a pastoral setting, updates Watteau to weird, bittersweet effect. Art In Review: ‘THE DOUBLE DIRTY DOZEN (& FRIENDS)’ 2012-09-06T20:05:12Z

Some of the clowns strike me as sad figures with difficult lives. The wisdom of clowns 2011-03-17T07:59:00Z

She could tone her blonde bombshell image down, project sadness in her eyes, and, like all great clowns, play her figure on the edge between comedy and tragedy. Marilyn Monroe: proto-feminist? 2012-07-21T21:05:42Z

The Magliozzis indulged in digressive, free-for-all conversations with listeners, who didn’t seem to mind playing the constant straight man or woman to two insatiable clowns in exchange for a soupcon of practical advice. Tom Magliozzi, half of the irreverent ‘Car Talk’ duo that made auto repair fun, dies

"What? I always thought you were a clown, kid." "Baskets" star Louie Anderson "had a lot of gut punches" playing Christine this season 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z

Limbaugh’s radio show was nationally syndicated, propagating his mix of clowning and rage. The ’90s Partisans Who Fueled the Rise of Grievance Conservatism 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z

“We started clowning on the stage in front of a few homeless people who were sick of our yelling and trying to sleep at 5 a.m.,” she said. Lady Bunny Is Still the Shadiest Queen Around 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z

A clown’s education never ends, even if the extremely selective Ringling Bros. It’s the worst time in history to be a clown. They just want you to love them again. 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z

Why does your baby compare you with her friend's better parents and make you feel like an overprotective, miserly clown? 'Your child is going to experiment': what teenagers really think 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z

Joe Coyle, the father in a family clown act, escaped, but watched from the road as his wife and sons died in the fire, just out of reach. A circus tragedy lost to history 2011-05-02T21:49:00Z

The designer said the clown motifs were influenced by Italian director Federico Fellini's film "The Clowns," and David Bowie's "Ashes to Ashes" video in which the singer is dressed as a clown. Feline frenzy meets Fellini on Gaultier's Paris catwalk 2013-07-03T19:38:43Z

Ultimately, though, it's a little schizo, like a depressed dude in a clown suit, or a Theodore Dreiser novel hopped up on not enough happy pills. "Conviction": Oscar bait, dosed with gloom 2010-10-14T18:15:00Z

The great thing about the clown persona, as many of them admit, is that it provides a mask that allows the real you to emerge. The wisdom of clowns 2011-03-17T07:59:00Z

Comedies are the clowns of film history and are therefore not to be taken seriously. Our comedy 25: speaking 'the language of funny'? 2010-10-18T11:00:00Z

Cranking up the clowning to 10 and keeping it there. In this ‘Lysistrata,’ sex and war don’t mix 2013-07-25T22:40:24Z

It was the German people, not the American, whom he sought to resurrect, and he may have been something of a brute and a clown. Our politics are broken and toxic: How both party elites betrayed our trust, birthed Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z

Tines’s clown wanders through the centuries, occasionally bolstered with hope and merriment but so often buffeted by misfortune. “The Black Clown” Beautifully Reconfigures a Langston Hughes Poem 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z

I spent over an hour in the ocean doing barrel rolls, peeking under coral bommies, swirling in circles through a river of bait fish, and diving down to study moray eels and clown fish. In the Kingdom of Tonga, underwater wonders and Polynesian hospitality 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z

If you find that you are a sad clown, I would consider taking the time to sit back and smell the roses – just watch out that that rose isn’t a squirt flower! From killer clowns to juggalos: Baskets' guide to identifying your inner clown 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z

"I'm just out here having a good time playing with other clowns." " I was born a clown" 2010-08-16T21:24:00Z

Then again, if you hadn’t died, I probably wouldn’t have been mad enough to become a clown for a living. Aisling Bea: ‘My father’s death has given me a love of men, of their vulnerability and tenderness’ 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z

Krusty was originally planned to be Homer Simpson's alter-ego, meaning that Bart, who doesn't respect his father, would unknowingly worship him when he performed as a clown. 10 Most Notable – and Often Creepy – Clowns in Pop Culture 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z

In Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, such events end at sunrise, which is ushered in by the hna pa thwa, an unbroken, improvised sequence of dance, singing, acting and clowning. Review: Shwe Man Thabin at Asia Society 2015-04-12T04:00:00Z

Was this a mob of domestic terrorists or a confederacy of clowns? Perspective | Trumpist masculinity reaches its high water mark 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z

“If you called yourself a clown in the Ringling show, you got laughs,” he says. A fond farewell to Ringling Bros. and the wonders of the circus 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z

Often the class clown at school, Reeves liked sport and loved acting, and got an agent as a teenager after being talent-spotted in a play. Keanu Reeves: ‘Grief and loss, those things don’t ever go away’ 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z

Judging by recent events, it can only be a matter of time before red-nosed clowns start bagging votes over here, too. John O'Farrell: the comedian turned politician with a shot at Eastleigh 2013-02-27T15:00:04Z

He also made an exception for party clowns who are short on balloons. Crib Sheet: The 10 Things to Talk About This Weekend 2010-11-24T20:50:00Z

In an untitled work, he takes a sacred-heart plaster statue of Jesus and replaces the heart and the halo with skulls, and the compassionate face with the head of a clown. In Chicago, Overlooked Achievements by L.G.B.T.Q. Artists 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z

At school, I played the clown, I made people laugh on the metro and suddenly, when I became well-known, I started having to pay attention to how I behaved and I didn't like that. Heartbreaker 2011-07-16T23:05:12Z

First is the Walt Disney film “Dumbo,” in which a clown mask resembling the little elephant’s mother finds its way onto the villainous ringmaster’s posterior. Movie Listings for June 5-11 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z

The nation’s largest clown organization, Clowns of America International, is far from amused by the latest season of “American Horror Story.” America’s largest clown club is very upset about this scary clown on “American Horror Story” 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z

But she wisely merges her script with the “living newspaper” concept, using the clown and the voice-over to tease the audience out of its passive state. ArtsBeat Blog: Liz Magic Laser's Political Theater of the Absurd 2011-11-14T23:18:23Z

Oh, just put me in the creative room, the rubber room, the clown room. He?s Only Just Begun to Fight 2011-04-13T22:52:55Z

In Taylor Mac’s “Gary,” the most ambitious comedy to open on Broadway in years, the title character is a clown who badly wants to upgrade to a fool. These Stand-Ups Are in an Escapist Mood, Much Like Their Audience 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z

Meanwhile, communities around the country are dealing with a bizarre rash of real life creepy clowns, perhaps inspired by "AHS: Freak Show." Clown group upset over 'American Horror Story' 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

“The constant touchstone for me has been the Lecoq school and the mask work and clowning in Queensland,” he says. Geoffrey Rush: 'Art doesn’t do well in the dark. But that’s where we’ve put it' 2013-07-15T05:13:00Z

This memoir’s evasive clowning is in keeping with all that. Norm Macdonald’s Often Funny, Always Fabulist ‘Based on a True Story’ 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z

Where the latter celebrates sun, lithe beauty and the latest fashion, the Gathering, hosted and founded by the Insane Clown Posse, celebrates flesh, face paint and clowns while pondering the miracles of nature. Musical talking points: Jessie J, Juggalos, JB, Miley, K. Hanna, more 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z

Before the 20th century, clowns in American circuses were largely considered a form of adult entertainment. The creepy clown emerged from the crass and bawdy circuses of the 19th century 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z

To make a living, he painted clowns and ballerinas for a wholesale company, signing the work “Phil I. Steen” to register his disgust. Aaron Shikler, Portrait Artist Known for Images of America’s Elite, Dies at 93 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z

But the boldest avant-garde comedy I saw this year were two solo shows by Natalie Palamides — “Laid” and “Nate” — which co-opted the spirit of 1980s performance art in service of existential clowning. Best Comedy of 2019 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z

In the video, a clown resembling Donald Trump is “shot” by Snoop with a fake gun — a “bang” flag protrudes. Snoop Dogg tour celebrates cannabis and hip-hop 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z

Drawn like a clown, he should be laughable, but Ware homes in on his secret hurt and dreams deferred. It All Started in Omaha 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z

They don’t really have many clowning talents except for face painting, but I assume they would be good at manual labor since insane clowns are mostly men in their early 30s. From killer clowns to juggalos: Baskets' guide to identifying your inner clown 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z

A performing arts summer camp run by Wavy Gravy, the hippie clown and a friend of her parents, “totally saved my life as a kid,” she said. A Queer Punk Vaudevillian’s Surreal Take on ‘Titanic’ 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z

“It was such a thing where the boys were the ones who got to have the personality, right? The boys were the class clowns.” Your Annoying Roommate Is Slaying on TikTok 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z

BS Yes but I see it as three clowns enjoying themselves and nothing whatsoever to do with motor cars. Brian Sewell: the BBC's factual television is an insult to the nation 2013-06-15T16:45:00Z

Jewish space lasers: It’s not easy being a clown. Style Invitational Week 1446: Clue us in — as we spill the beans 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z

Mr. Corddry wore slasher-movie clown makeup as Dr. Blake Downs, who refused to operate, believing instead in the healing power of laughter. Television: ?Childrens Hospital? With Rob Corddry, Now a TV Series 2010-07-09T18:51:00Z

But Davies is a great clown, milking his indignity for our amusement. Greg Davies – review 2012-11-05T19:08:06Z

He had a manic, childlike energy, a tendency to clowning in which I detected no genuine mirth, and beneath it I sensed he was very tense. ‘I couldn’t deal with it, it tore me apart’: surviving child sexual abuse 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z

They dislike the scary clown trope, but for entirely different reasons. Clown group upset over 'American Horror Story' 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

"I can't wait for people to be like, 'This clown has her own cooking show!'" How Joanna Gaines and Ina Garten deliver a one-two punch of comfort (food) TV 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z

Lorenzo, a tyke at the time, was expertly performing a sketch with his dad, the co-founder, director and chief clown of the Pickle Family Circus. 'Humor Abuse': life from a clown's POV 2011-10-03T21:32:04Z

Yes, Don’s lost his mojo and Roger’s a clown; something is happening but they don’t know what it is. ArtsBeat: Talking ‘Mad Men’: What About Bob? 2013-06-03T12:47:01Z

The choice to marry on April Fools’ Day felt like an extension of their love of clowning around. A Wedding Date They’ll Remember. No Joke. 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z

And they do so with technical skill as well as clowning. The Week Ahead: Dec. 16 — 22 2012-12-16T07:40:07Z

That night, a Hollywood clown had to be crying. Jerry Lewis: Le Nutty Professor Takes Cannes 2013-05-24T19:14:50Z

Most fulfill the assignments straightforwardly, without interpreting or embellishing, even when the requests are conceptual—men and women asking to be represented as howling wolves, or crying lions, or sad clowns. Photo Requests from Solitary Confinement 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z

Those who rolled their eyes at the bombastic agenda of “Witness” will find plenty to say about the image of Katy Perry donning a literal clown suit in the midst of a global catastrophe. Gerard Way Sneers at the Apocalypse, and 12 More New Songs 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z

His influences are not the usual suspects but include clowns Bill Irwin and David Shiner and the late playwright Sam Shepard. Taylor Mac defies all comparisons and adjectives, and he wants you to leave his shows exhausted 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z

Floats, marching bands, drill teams and Seafair royalty, pirates and clowns light up downtown Seattle at the Seafair Torchlight Parade Saturday. Torchlight Parade takes center stage on Saturday 2013-07-25T21:32:58Z

Meanwhile, entertainers―musicians, jugglers, clowns, and comedians―perform on street corners too. New at Virginia Beach 2010-04-14T16:01:00Z

The Instagram and Facebook posts were made not by mainstream news outlets, but by teenagers who offered no hard evidence that clowns really were plotting to attack students. Worried you can’t tell real news from fake? Slow down and be skeptical. 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z

Comedy erupts from tragedy in this show, making Kendall the saddest clown in this stretch limo. "Succession" returns after two years, and the Roy family hasn't changed a bit 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z

Similar to the terrorizing clown from Stephen King's thriller that returned to theaters this summer, Conway donned white foundation and red lipstick that traced up her cheeks. 'SNL' Transforms Kellyanne Conway Into Killer Clown From 'It' 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z

Toby Mulford is the new producing artistic director at Faction of Fools, a troupe that specializes in clowning and commedia dell’arte theater. For bartender, a shot at improvisation after the show at the Studio Theatre 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z

Cirque is known for using a highly improvisational, free-form process to create shows, preferring to experiment with clown or circus acts rather than to work with a script. When Cirque du Soleil Met Theater: ?Shpeel? Failure 2010-06-26T00:27:00Z

And the actors move between various seats in the audience, trailed by live-feed video cameras whose images are projected on a movie screen, and assisted by voice-overs and a mute clown. ArtsBeat Blog: Liz Magic Laser's Political Theater of the Absurd 2011-11-14T23:18:23Z

The clowning reaches an apex with the closing Lucky Day, with four LODHO members simultaneously playing the same accordion as streamers and confetti cascade into the audience. L'Orchestre d'Hommes-Orchestres performs Tom Waits – review 2013-07-03T17:45:00Z

Five or 10 years from now I'll be looking back and thinking, `Oh my god, what a clown, what a fool. Public Apology writer makes letter format a memoir 2013-03-18T18:39:14Z

To his fans, Mr. Waters is a countercultural demigod, a dirty class clown at 71. Camping With John Waters and His Band of ‘Filthy Freaks’ 2017-10-14T04:00:00Z

“He is a clown in blackface sitting on the Supreme Court,” said Takei. George Takei on Clarence Thomas: “He is a clown in blackface sitting on the Supreme Court” 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z

In many respects, Jordan Peterson is a philosophical clown, an intellectual court jester. After Charlottesville, solving the problem of angry men: What does healthy masculinity look like? 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z

He fits in like a clown in a monastery. Kirk Douglas, a Hundred Years Old 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z

This development alone could fill a river with rainbow-colored clown tears. The tears of a (real) clown: All the insane clown hysteria is giving us a bad name 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z

“I’m sorry, Aretha, but your furs make you look like a clown. Why not shed the old-fashioned look that adds pounds to your frame and detracts from your beautiful voice?” A Black Legacy, Wrapped Up in Fur 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z

Best-selling author Stephen King, whose 1986 novel "It" weaves a tale of a Maine town being terrorized by a supernatural being that appears as a clown named Pennywise, took to Twitter to address the phenomenon. Creepy clown sightings no laughing matter as Halloween nears 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z

From short-legged mutts to sizable malamutes, all play roles in town, from unofficial mayor to greeters and village clowns. In Alaska, Slowing Down to Take Things In 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z

But then a glance at some of the clowns we do elect, perhaps especially to our national legislature, might lead you in the opposite direction. Movie Review: Movie Review: ‘The Campaign,’ Starring Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis 2012-08-10T03:56:14Z

He seemed to be inviting someone to clown him but the trainer soon realized that “he could back it up.” Boxer who fought Tsarnaev: “Wish I’d known he was evil” 2013-04-23T23:41:00Z

“Has the prevailing ethos that encourages a fear of clowns become oversaturated? No, definitely not,” said New Zealand sociologist Robert Bartholomew in an email interview with Salon. Did Stephen King just kill the horror clown? 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z

You think malice can triumph over joy in these colossal clown wars? The tears of a (real) clown: All the insane clown hysteria is giving us a bad name 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z

I became yet another clown dropout, a lost soul destined to forever wonder how many smiles I might have engendered. I flunked out of clown school 2012-07-03T00:00:00Z

The entire cast was superb, but Tony, most of all, could say some deliciously foolish things without ever becoming a clown. The TV Watch: A Complicated Actor Who Made a Complicated Mob Boss Indelible 2013-06-20T23:08:03Z

The story of an innocent clown who finds a place in the world, it was considered a “back to basics” show that ironed down the high tech and involved as much clowning as acrobatics. Cirque du Soleil keeps circling back to D.C. region

An ebullient performer, Mr. Asmussen was known for his onstage singing and clowning as well as his playing. Svend Asmussen, an Early Master of Jazz Violin, Dies at 100 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z

She also studied the sad-tramp circus clown Emmett Kelly and Charlie Chaplin, influences reflected in Albert’s baggy pants, splayed feet and elongated shoes. Arts & Leisure: Glenn Close as a Man in ?Albert Nobbs? 2011-12-09T13:00:00Z

However, Ronald scored fourth in consumer awareness, which all but solidifies his importance in popular culture and may make him the most recognizable clown in the world. 10 Most Notable – and Often Creepy – Clowns in Pop Culture 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z

She really did stumble upon collapsed benches surreally facing a clown portrait at a Pennsylvania asylum. Antiques: The Beauty That Remains Beyond the Final Curtain 2013-04-25T21:19:43Z

“I’ve always been a guy that made my friends laugh, a class clown,” he said. John Corbett Knows What You Want From Him 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z

The story unfolds amid acrobatics, balancing acts, clowning and a comeuppance for Cali. ‘Amaluna’ embraces Cirque’s over-the-top reputation, with soaring results

My husband was also a circus clown in Philly, so we were into making the shows fun. Lila Downs a singer without borders 2012-03-01T18:21:00Z

Various children’s television shows featuring the red-wigged clown ran for decades. David Arquette Spray Paints Bozo in Brooklyn 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z

While the special effects and set design are impressive, the evil clowns themselves aren’t quite campy enough to be funny or scary enough to be horrifying. The 15 scariest on-screen clowns, from worst to best 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z

“Circus Acts” is an antic epic with elephants, acrobats, clowns, trapeze artists and others, all doing their thing at once. ‘Drama and Design’ brings together works by regional artists Yvonne Twining Humber and Blanche Morgan Losey 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z

Former President Donald J. Trump “can appear less dangerous because he’s a clown and so weak and so vain,” she said, adding those qualities felt similar to John Paul’s. How Sharon Horgan Shaped a Monstrous Brother-in-Law 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z

The president of the Clowns of America International, Glenn Kohlberger, is worried that this portrayal of clowns is going to throw gasoline on the ever-burning fire of “clown fear” in America. America’s largest clown club is very upset about this scary clown on “American Horror Story” 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z

That’s what I did, and others also did, and soon clowns were everywhere, agents of a joyous anarchy. Review: ‘Slava’s Snowshow’ Delivers Flurries of Joy 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z

Although Ms. Joyce does build one climactic event around the smashing of glass clown figurines, she gives her story unexpected seriousness as Harold reaches the hospice he has gone to find. Books of The Times: ‘The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry,’ by Rachel Joyce 2012-07-29T21:26:22Z

"It's one of the huge privileges to have the two of them working together. They're both great actors and both really good clowns," Tharp said. Twyla Tharp is marking her 50-year anniversary by looking ahead 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z

Evil clowns no longer have to hide in the woods. Style Invitational: A RIP-roaring year — write an obit poem 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z

Claire Bloom plays the ballerina he rescues from a suicide attempt, and Buster Keaton appears toward the end; it’s the only film in which the two silent clowns share the screen. Movie Listings for Feb. 19-25 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z

The opening lines of Lynam's lyrics read: "We used to be rich,/ Now we are not,/ But here at last there's a chance,/ To stop the rot,/ Send in the clowns." I'm backing UKIP, says Des Lynam 2013-05-10T12:25:17Z

“And unfortunately,” he says, “that scary clown thing that started then has continued to build to where people hear the word ‘clown’ now, that’s all they associate.” The tears of a (real) clown: All the insane clown hysteria is giving us a bad name 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z

Overcome by jealousy for his wife, the clown mixes theater and reality and stabs her during a performance by their acting troupe. Johan Botha, acclaimed operatic tenor, dies at 51 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z

You see Marisol clowning around with “Dinner Date” on the flickering screen. A Forgotten Star of the Pop Era, Back in the Spotlight 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z

A quite serious one, although one of the three sisters is a fool and a clown. Books of The Times: ?Then Again,? by Diane Keaton - Review 2011-11-17T23:11:27Z

Then, like clowns in Beckett, they went on. Dance Review: Chris Yon and Taryn Griggs Dance at LaMaMa Moves! 2013-06-17T20:44:47Z

When I talk about how mushrooms had such a catalyzing effect in my spiritual development, some people say, “I took them at Bonnaroo and just saw clowns dancing to Korn.” In ‘How We Roll,’ Pete Holmes Looks to Bowl Over Mainstream America 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z

A collection of fanciful, frequently enigmatic scenes, followed by an interactive installation, “LadyM” often works in clown mode. Review | A little earnest absurdism about bodily functions goes a long way in the Welders’ ‘LadyM’ 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z

At the very least, it’s in a four-way tie with coal miner, waiter and circus clown. Frugal Traveler: Revisiting Favorite Budget Destinations 2011-03-22T22:37:48Z

Oh, and don't forget a screening of "Shakes the Clown" by "Police Academy" actor Bobcat Goldthwait, about an alcoholic clown. Artopia: The art of fun in Georgetown 2010-06-24T22:10:00Z

Frequently it was a random visitor, sometimes showing up in clown clothing. The lesson of "Six Feet Under," 20 years later: "We're not really as in control as we all think" 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z

"Baskets" revolves around a Bakersfield man who dares to follow his dream of becoming a professional clown. Zach Galifianakis carries 'Baskets' comedy to FX 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z

Whether Koons is, as Stephen Colbert recently said on TV, “the world’s most expensive balloon clown” or an American master will be hotly debated when the show opens, on June 27. Andrea K. Scott: Art This Summer 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z

Costume Almost exactly how MC Hammer dresses – clown trousers and all – only with nightmarish talking shoes that can see. The not-so-super superheroes 2011-07-22T23:05:00Z

“I believe that the fear of clowns is BOTH a psychological and a cultural phenomenon,” McAndrew said in his email to Salon. Did Stephen King just kill the horror clown? 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z

As Pennywise the demonic clown, he preys on children and feeds on their fears. 10 Most Notable – and Often Creepy – Clowns in Pop Culture 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z

In the current staging of the work, Tines, playing the role of the clown, opens with Hughes’s instructions before speaking the first three lines of the poem. “The Black Clown” Beautifully Reconfigures a Langston Hughes Poem 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z

Growing up, you were the class clown — albeit a deadpan class clown. Q&A: 'Frasier' Star and Broadway Actor David Hyde Pierce 2010-10-15T09:05:00Z

Unfortunately, too much of the material in “Mr. Sunshine” is predictable and even trite, including Crystal’s admission that she is terrified of clowns. Television Review: Sunny Town, Gloomy Boss 2011-02-08T22:17:19Z

Many clowns claim to have been born, not made. It’s the worst time in history to be a clown. They just want you to love them again. 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z

I did the program cover one year in high school, as an artist — I literally copied someone else's drawing of a clown. 'Pee-wee's Playhouse' redux: Bonus talk with Paul Reubens 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z

But what Taylor really wants to do is to clown. It’s the worst time in history to be a clown. They just want you to love them again. 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z

But he aggressively pitched "The Bozo Show" to television stations and helped train actors around the world to play the clown. Man behind Bozo the Clown remembered in new book 2010-08-18T18:39:00Z

"I was of the opinion that at best he was a bad actor and at worst a clown," McCord said. Ronald Reagan movie planned for 2011 2010-09-08T04:55:00Z

He is, he said, a clown, which he meant both in the Beckettian sense, a witness to the absurdities of life, and in the red nose one. In a New ‘Night Court,’ John Larroquette Plays Defense 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z

Naveed regards some of the most revered practitioners of Islam as crooks, clowns, and “stooges.” Books of The Times: ?American Dervish? ? By Ayad Akhtar ? Review 2012-01-04T22:00:52Z

Anyway, May says this whole creepy clown thing is nothing new. The tears of a (real) clown: All the insane clown hysteria is giving us a bad name 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z

It’s an oil painting of the actress as a clown, smiling slyly. Before Taylor Swift or David Bowie, There Was Sarah Bernhardt 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z

I was like, who is this sort of evil clown figure? James Gray on ‘Armageddon Time,’ Antisemitism and Racism in 1980s Queens 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z

And some comedic openings for the play's dissolute clowns are unexploited. Myth and mirth take the stage at Oregon Shakespeare fest 2012-07-19T21:29:02Z

Re: Psychotic clowns: Isn't it dishonest, at a certain point, to not tell the mother-in-law you don't intend on dressing your kids in the clothes she continually buys? Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Grandma’s Bozo-chic aesthetic in children’s clothes 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z

With arched eyebrows like twin crescent moons and a friendly leer, Mr. Cumming has a clown’s facial mobility. Music Review: Alan Cumming at Feinstein?s at Loews Regency 2010-04-28T20:31:00Z

On his blog during the primaries, Adams gushed about Trump’s persuasive power, calling the Republican presidential nominee a “clown genius” with “a 98% chance of … winning the whole thing.” “Dilbert” creator Scott Adams vows to kill Donald Trump if he becomes acts too “Hitler-ish” 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z

Chocolate is more clown than horror villain, but like Teddy Perkins, he symbolizes something larger. Sometimes we can go home again: “Atlanta” comes full circle in its final season, only richer 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z

Dressed in feathered wings and a high school prom gown, she took to the San Francisco streets as Chicken Woman, a character at once human and animal, clown and angel, transcendental and absurd. Art Review: A California ‘State of Mind,’ Circa 1970, at Bronx Museum 2013-07-11T19:19:47Z

My conversation with Circus Clown Rico raises one of the key issues in modern-day clowning: the split between circus clowns and clowns who do magic at children's parties or in shopping malls. The wisdom of clowns 2011-03-17T07:59:00Z

Look at the model of clowns in the circus, with the auguste, which is the idiot like me, and the whiteface clown, who always took themselves deadly seriously. The wisdom of clowns 2011-03-17T07:59:00Z

For the longest time, she never even saw a live clown act. It’s the worst time in history to be a clown. They just want you to love them again. 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z

“A clown is a special kind of idiot, absolutely different and innocent,” he said. The Dumbledore of Clowning 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z

The alternative, Mr. Arnold says, is “sitting around until the 2020 election for this clown to get voted out.” Review: Tom Arnold’s ‘Trump Tapes’ Blows Smoke With No Smoking Gun 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z

As always, Mr. Wainwright played the clown, mugging, sticking out his tongue and behaving like an infantile provocateur. Review: Loudon Wainwright III Offers Tart Folk-Song Sentiments at Appel Room 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z

Compared with other clowning teachers, Gaulier said he does not emphasize technique or physical virtuosity. The Dumbledore of Clowning 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z

“The Ginger Man” — whose bohemian American-in-Ireland antihero, Sebastian Dangerfield, has been described as impulsive, destructive, wayward, cruel, a monster, a clown and a psychopath — was both banned and burned in Ireland. J.P. Donleavy, Acclaimed Author of ‘The Ginger Man,’ Dies at 91 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z

We started searching our feeds not for heroes but for clowns. When Vaccines Become an Internet Personality Test 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z

In real life, Amram is less nightmare clown and much more “approachable smart person.” Glad scientist: Megan Amram’s unique brand of comedy

Eisenberg grew up in Queens, New York and New Jersey, the only son of a college professor and a professional clown who worked at children's parties. Jesse Eisenberg: 'Acting forces me to be social' 2013-07-04T15:58:10Z

The clowns of Cirque d’Hiver were notorious for drinking until showtime, then sprinting back to the bar during intermission, but few acrobats are so cavalier. My trapeze-flying adventure: Better than an orgasm 2013-03-16T20:00:00Z

For Lennon it was being an advocate for peace and his willingness to make himself, as he said, ‘a clown for peace’ if need be. A ?60s Mash-Up That Didn?t Happen 2011-03-06T01:44:59Z

The "American Idol" judge was walking past LAX's ticket counters surrounded by paparazzi when a clown saluted her march with a puff of confetti. Unflappable Jennifer Lopez gets confetti-bombed at LAX, marches on 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z

“Leg Foot” is the class clown of the bunch, a cartoonish prosthetic, tubular and bulbous. A napping cat or something more ominous? Curious sculptures at Wilding Cran 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z

One of the most devoted fan bases in pop music, Juggalos often emulate the band by wearing clown make-up and use a “hatchet man” symbol as their logo. Judge Dismisses Insane Clown Posse's Lawsuit Against F.B.I. 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z

SUN Marching bands, clowns, floats, 100-foot dragon and lion dancing, 7 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more for July 22-28 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z

The video swept the internet, mainly thanks to the comic appeal of the eminent artist clowning around to K-pop; but the Chinese authorities scented subversion and banned it. From Ai Weiwei to Anish Kapoor: the art world's love affair with pop 2012-11-14T18:23:09Z

The show includes some juggling, a few of his dad's clown routines and a vintage Pickles backdrop painted by both his parents. 'Humor Abuse': life from a clown's POV 2011-10-03T21:32:04Z

I entered a second contest in third grade and wrote about “why I want to be clown for a day at Ringling Brothers Circus.” Perspective | I won clown contests as a kid. It didn’t win me friends, but it showed me I could do anything. 2020-11-28T05:00:00Z

The second, "Get a Grip", describes an "upside down" world full of "lunatics and clowns". England Lost: sardonic Mick Jagger releases two songs responding to Brexit 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z

Especially if you’ve never read It, which is about a group of kids from 1958 that temporarily thwart an evil foe that takes the form of a killer clown. 11/22/63 and Stephen King's Ever-Expanding Universe 2011-11-04T17:22:14Z

Paget says that times are particularly tough for those, like him, who work as child entertainers, with parents nervous about hiring clowns for birthday parties. No laughing matter: clowns brace for impact of Stephen King's It 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z

"Take off the clown makeup and be yourself!" John Leguizamo talks 'Ghetto Klown' and Steven Seagal's running style 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z

There's a rather self-consciously "bonkers" theme for the final outing: this year's show is styled like a haunted circus, replete with cackling clowns and leering carnival masks. Charlie Brooker's Screen burn: Big Brother 2010-06-18T23:06:00Z

Not that there’s a blustering toga-clad noble with a shock of clown hair, a problem with women and a put-down for every oppressed group among the characters. The theater of Trump: What Shakespeare can teach us about the Donald 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z

In "Knight and Day," the movie's absurd physicality is played as effortless clowning replete with repartee that is supposed to remind you of 007 but in fact is embarrassing flat and banal. "Salt" adds flavor to summer movie menu 2010-07-18T17:58:00Z

Her character attracts Therrien’s clown — who is my favorite kind of clown, gentle and melancholic rather than antic and potentially homicidal — and a fine mime to boot. Review: In ‘42 FT,’ a Circus Shrunk to Fit 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z

He was working on a short film about party clowns when he encountered David “Silly Billy” Friedman, a popular hire in the New York area for birthday parties. Stranger than fiction: the most shocking documentaries ever 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z

They're wearing their full clown make-up – they refuse to meet journalists without it – and are immediately delightful. And God created controversy 2010-10-08T23:03:00Z

An adaptation of Stephen King’s 1986 novel about Pennywise the demonic clown, “It” may arrive to $70 million or more in domestic ticket sales, breaking September box office records, analysts say. After Dismal Summer, Hollywood Pins Hopes on Fall Ticket Sales 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z

“We’d pile into mom and dad’s car like a clown car — there were nine of us kids,” he says. Jerky, gummies and nostalgia: Here’s what chefs pack for road trips 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z

In Russia, clowns spend years learning circus skills and only then turn to clowning. The wisdom of clowns 2011-03-17T07:59:00Z

She said the clown that insulted her in front of her children in Memphis was white. The Last of the Dunk Tank Clowns 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z

But you cannot just be a French clown. From killer clowns to juggalos: Baskets' guide to identifying your inner clown 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z

Most of all, I hated myself for being the kind of guy who always went along, always the nice guy, like a clown — or Santa. I was bad Santa 2012-12-25T12:45:00Z

The greatest white R&B singer the world had ever seen decayed before our eyes into a Hollywood clown who appeared to have no respect for his work, his audience or himself. The king is dead: a classic Elvis Presley tribute from the vaults 2012-08-15T09:57:29Z

He wore his customary costume of an oversized black suit and white shirt, with a red foam clown nose tucked away for later. Circus family's patriarch marks 80th birthday 2012-06-01T10:31:05Z

Don’t even get May started on elementary schools banning clown costumes on Halloween. The tears of a (real) clown: All the insane clown hysteria is giving us a bad name 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z

Riggin’s nagging Birdman alter ego also dismisses the Iron Man work of Robert Downey Jr., saying, “That clown doesn’t have half your talent, and he’s making a fortune in that Tin Man outfit.” Birdman at Venice: Can an Ex-Superhero Still Fly? 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z

Later on, the clown sees Buddy and Josh on TV playing basketball and realizes he can make a large profit off the dog's talent. 10 Most Notable – and Often Creepy – Clowns in Pop Culture 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z

I tell him that “Dumbo” is well timed for a Trump era, when the circus, clown and elephant-in-the-room metaphors are flying fast and thick. It’s Delightful, It’s Delicious, It’s DeVito 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z

"And clearly one of the great clowns — the Chaplin of talkies in some way, I would say." Comic performer Gene Wilder kept his serious side off camera 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z

Bong argues the film is “a comedy without clowns, a tragedy without villains” but the vulgarity of the film’s working class in bold starkly contrasts the bourgeois elitism in the fine print. Why Parasite misses the mark as a commentary on South Korean society 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z

The entertainment involved a donkey cart, a clown, an African drummer and a box of false moustaches. Why the Notting Hill Carnival isn't what it was 2010-08-28T23:06:00Z

Superman, Spider-Man, and Batman: America's noblest triumvirate of imaginary white gentlemen sworn to protect made-up cities from evil clowns, robot man-mollusks and menacingly bald financial wizards! Ka-pow! Why Brits have gone from villains to superheroes 2011-02-02T15:17:56Z

In other words, the stereotypical manic-depressive of a Hollywood film is a two-dimensional caricature: either a drooling clown or a doomed, Byronic antihero, with nothing in between. Filmmaker Paul Dalio mines his bipolar disorder for feature debut 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z

It's exciting news for Stephen King fans, and terrifying news for everyone with a fear of clowns: The master of horror's 1986 novel "It" is finally headed to the big screen, reports Vulture. Stephen King's 'It' to be 2 films, with 'True Detective' director's help 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z

So many good writers have come tumbling out of that small journal in the past few years that it’s begun to resemble an intellectual clown car. Books of The Times: Nikil Saval’s ‘Cubed’ Tells the History of the Modern Workplace 2014-04-24T19:44:01Z

We even saw an itinerant clown, who sat in the back of a truck and made up a song about me for a small tip. In Saudi Arabia, a Kingdom to Myself 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z

It’s a bunch of people dressed up as cowboys, but also in the clown makeup. Spoofing Insane Clown Posse on the Internet 2010-04-29T21:43:00Z

His team of dancers, clowns and acrobats taps into the magic of gadgetry in a circus spectacle designed for theatergoers ages 5 and up. Dance Listings for Jan. 1-7 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z

"It" tells the story of seven children in Maine who are stalked by a shapeshifting monster who regularly takes the form of a clown named Pennywise. Stephen King's 'It' to be 2 films, with 'True Detective' director's help 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z

By the time Mr. Stone goes to clown school, his authorial judgment has become iffy. Books of The Times: ‘Fooling Houdini’ by Alex Stone 2012-06-20T20:11:57Z

This is a museum — albeit a very tiny museum — of very big shoes, worn by an array of people from clowns to the world’s tallest man. 7 hidden-gem attractions to check out at Seattle’s Pike Place Market 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z

As in silent movies, clowning, movement and mime are usually part of the mix. Review: A Sci-Fi Classic Featuring a Multiverse of Stooges 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z

Speaking with the Hollywood Reporter, Glenn Kohlberger, president of Clown of America International, said: "We do not support in any way, shape or form any medium that sensationalizes or adds to coulrophobia or 'clown fear.'" Clown group upset over 'American Horror Story' 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

“I was the class clown from a very early age,” she said, “one who always got in trouble.” Don’t Tell, but Jane Alexander Is Also a Comedian 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z

He was at once ringmaster and clown, the artist and the clay, to the point where it became difficult to spot where the man ended and the character began. Steve Coogan: ‘Maybe I've just got flabby and middle-aged' 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z

This list includes a number of chameleon-like character actresses, some offbeat leading ladies and at least one world-class clown. Ten underrated actresses we'd watch in anything 2011-08-19T23:30:00Z

How, for just one example, can Stewart turn his back on such a bountiful, irresistible clown car full of GOP presidential hopefuls sputtering down the road to 2016? Can we go on without Jon Stewart? Of course we can. He’s shown us how. 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z

Activities will include decorating pumpkins picked from a patch; participating in a costume parade led by a Big Apple Circus clown; and enjoying live bands and performances, like “Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Musical Mystery.” Spare Times for Children for Oct. 12-18 2012-10-11T22:03:14Z

Lewis spent much of the 1970s absent from the big screen after making “The Day the Clown Cried,” about a circus clown in a concentration camp. Analysis | The two sides of Jerry Lewis 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z

A man with green hair and a clown mask was caught on camera stealing a tip jar from a Toronto restaurant. Police arrest 'Joker' terrorizing Toronto restaurants 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z

When one of these clowns can stand up with a guitar or play a piano and sing- without auto tune and a drum machine- give me a call. Grammy Nominations 2018: Jay-Z and Kendrick Lamar Lead the Way 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z

But these moments were fitful, and the interactions, trying for playfulness, often took on the character of an unfunny clown routine. Dance Review: Cecilia Bengolea and François Chaignaud at the Kitchen 2014-05-07T21:57:36Z

After all, I believe that they are actually French clowns in training. From killer clowns to juggalos: Baskets' guide to identifying your inner clown 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z

An experience, rather than somewhere to look around, it hits you in the face and I love that – the clowns, street performers, the smell of the food. Singer Imelda May on New Orleans: ‘It has magic and mystery and voodoo’ 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z

Perhaps the only thing more creepy than a clown is a ventriloquist’s dummy. Matthew Rolston photos of ventriloquist dummies have much to say 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z

Some of the items are just lively social frolics, others are bits of clowning, and the weirdest is an episode for one woman and four men who wear Ku Klux Klan hoods while being jolly. Dance Review: Enigmatic Choreographer Tells an Enigmatic Tale 2011-02-23T23:22:28Z

While Charlie insists his clown act is solid, a parent likens him to a disease vector: “You gave them herpes,” he’s told. Review | Joshua Ferris pokes wicked fun at the suburban patriarch in ‘A Calling for Charlie Barnes’ 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z

Well, someone with clown makeup and a cherry-red tongue. On the Runway Blog: Kiss and Tell: Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley Talk Shop 2014-01-12T01:29:01Z

Norman Wisdom, Funnyman, Dies at 95 Norman Wisdom, one of Britain’s best-loved cinematic clowns, who also earned a Tony nomination on Broadway, died on Monday on the Isle of Man. Norman Wisdom, Funnyman, Dies at 95 2010-10-06T05:14:00Z

"Yeah, and the male revues of today are kind of clown acts," said Tatum. Channing Tatum buffs his body of work in 'Magic Mike XXL' 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z

“Old Hats” makes you think that the silent clown could become a leading figure in the comedy scene again, but only for a delusional moment. The Tears (and Fears) of a Clown 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z

He looked nothing like a black person, more like a black-and-white clown. A final night in blackface: Baltimore’s Al Jolson impersonator calls it quits 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z

And if it’s not dolls, clowns or kids, it’s ominously bouncing balls, or evil musical boxes, or clockwork monkeys. Scary toddlers and super creeps – helicopter parenting and the rise of 'kindergarten horror' 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z

Again and again, the message is clear — no dark knight in shining armor or maniac in clown makeup is coming to save any of them. "Birds of Prey" is a fantabulous, feminist grenade 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z

Sure, his novel "It" probably contributed to your lifelong fear of clowns. Stephen King says people shouldn't be afraid of clowns. Right 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z

Gestures like these earned Cattelan his reputation as a jokester, a clown, a comedian, and while supporters sometimes bristle at these labels, it would be silly to disavow them entirely. A Fine Italian Hand 2010-10-11T18:30:00Z

Instead, we get appeals to conscience and calls to action, phrased as the questing citizen journalism of class clowns made good. Jordan Klepper, Wyatt Cenac, and the Citizen Journalism of Class Clowns Made Good 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z

Bill Skarsgard may be playing a clown, but his newest role is no joke. Bill Skarsgard is absolutely terrifying as Pennywise in “It” 2017-06-11T04:00:00Z

After that it was back to being kids, clowning around as they gathered their things in a reception room. L.A. Phil's YOLA players are goodwill ambassadors near Fukushima 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z

The candidates had to perform a short skit in front of the judges and clowns. " I was born a clown" 2010-08-16T21:24:00Z

Oh, and there’s a second season coming in 2017, which may or may not reference that ridiculous killer clown trend from the summer. The best TV of 2016 … that you probably didn't watch 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z

Shawn Wen: Movement, expression, death, the body, evasion, obsessiveness, materialism, pomp and sad clowns.  Salon’s author questionnaire: Inside Tom Perrotta’s “Mrs. Fletcher” and more summer must-reads 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z

I mean, really, truly, he’s just a clown. Soccer star Megan Rapinoe: ‘People underestimate their own individual ability to change the world’ 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z

Sunday, Seattle Center; and parade with Mexican cowboys on prancing horses, marching bands, lowrider classic cars, pirates, clowns, 11 a.m. Community events this weekend include Fiestas Patrias 2010-09-17T20:20:00Z

Like Wile E. Coyote and those inflatable clowns that bounce back after every punch, the Three Stooges take plenty of hits but keep on coming. Movie Review: ?The Three Stooges,? From Peter and Bobby Farrelly 2012-04-12T18:27:53Z

The show follows a babbling baby as it encounters contortionists, dancers, clowns and acrobats. Circus family's patriarch marks 80th birthday 2012-06-01T10:31:05Z

The harbor is right there, and there’s always some form of entertainment — a clown or a jazz band. South Africa Scores! 2010-06-05T02:17:00Z

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — This has been a terribly sad time for clowns, those purveyors of happiness whose recorded history dates back to ancient Greece. It’s the worst time in history to be a clown. They just want you to love them again. 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z

“I always have the clown inside, and it has opened the doors to Broadway, really.” Reza Salazar, from surviving clown to Broadway actor 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z

Infused with a touch of humor, his evocative playing brought each doll to life, from a sprightly porcelain to a frenetic clown to a mischievous witch and a rag doll with a bittersweet lament. Pianist Sam Haywood displays lyrical sensitivity in a recital at the Kennedy Center

It says something that Trump, a clown even by the forgiving standards of reality TV, is leading the polls–and it says something political, whether you like it or not. Like It or Not, Donald Trump Is News 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z

Wednesday brings the start of a new series: “The Great Cinematic Clown Pierre Étaix,” featuring the work of the French clown, musician, illustrator and cabaret artist. ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ rides again 2013-01-31T22:46:59Z

Republican primaries are a pageant of clowns.One nutty story after another, making the rounds. Books of The Times: ‘Dogfight,’ a Presidential Race in Verse, by Calvin Trillin 2012-11-19T21:26:21Z

It's a routine Creekmore nailed down over eight decades, since his introduction to clowning in the 1930s. At 95, oldest clown keeps the smiles coming 2012-04-05T15:18:11Z

Instead, race expands and exacerbates Willy’s suppressed fears that the world regards him as outcast, a loser, a clown. Review: Arthur Miller’s Dying ‘Salesman’ Is Reborn in London 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z

Frank says, “Candy-colored clown” and puts in the cassette and Dean picks up the light. David Lynch on Michael Jackson and That Crazy Frog From ‘Twin Peaks’ 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z

Mr. Simmons is the ruder of the two clowns who spent 11 days working the “Drown the Clown” sideshow at the Erie County Fair in Hamburg, N.Y., which is about 13 miles south of Buffalo. The Last of the Dunk Tank Clowns 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z

My first sketches of the clown were very childlike. 'He knows everyone is vulnerable to something': actors and directors on the grisly joy of adapting Stephen King 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z

He was a one-man circus: A tightrope walker and a clown. At 73, ‘Man on Wire’ Philippe Petit still dances high above the void 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z

There's a toy clown on one lapel that lights up when you pull the string. Elton John: 'He's our Neil Young' – a classic interview from the vaults 2012-07-17T12:33:50Z

But first, a quibble from the clown community. The tears of a (real) clown: All the insane clown hysteria is giving us a bad name 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z

Mr. Ortiz said all clowns, no matter their ethnicity or race, share one quality that led them to the tank. The Last of the Dunk Tank Clowns 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z

But our local clown problem, despite the absence of Halloween in Europe, combined with the current election, got me thinking about monsters. The monsters we create: On Stephen King’s “It,” the creepy clown epidemic and Donald Trump 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z

Keller was dressed as a clown during the incident, according to police; in a mug shot released by police he is wearing a T-shirt with what is supposed to look like bloody handprints on it. Haunted house employee charged with battery, disorderly conduct 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

The clowning bird whoops and poses, but the silent one hunches from the camera, its discomfort seeming to channel my own. Not all animals have a use: The passing of John Berger brings to mind a prancing cockatoo 2017-01-07T05:00:00Z

As rain drizzled down in the wee hours of Saturday morning, a parade of extras in hair and makeup walked several blocks to the set in face paint and clown wigs. ‘Joker 2’ steals the show as Trump court drama plays out just steps away 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z

Another shows two kids dressed in clown outfits. Why digital photographs won't be around forever 2011-08-13T23:05:54Z

For Red Nose Day, which is held in the U.K. every two years, people are asked to wear red clown noses and raise awareness and money for those in need. Sam Smith-John Legend 'Lay Me Down' duet to benefit Comic Relief 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z

“I was trying to stand out, trying to be the class clown and be super-funny. But everybody thought I was lame and hated me,” she says. Issa Rae: ‘I’ve not started writing season four of Insecure yet’ 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z

"I'm a clown, my work consists of poking fun at power," he explained during a recent trip to Paris for a conference. Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef will not let his humour be silenced 2013-06-11T13:05:45Z

This amazes me as he looks 35 – clowning seems to arrest ageing. The wisdom of clowns 2011-03-17T07:59:00Z

The new teaser for American Horror Story: Cult is full of clowns, but it will not leave you laughing. American Horror Story: Cult Drops a Clown Recruitment Video 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z

July 23 Hi-Yu royalty, pirates, clowns, marching bands, drill teams, floats, 11 a.m., Summer Guide | July 2016 events around Seattle 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z

The vitality derives from the clown’s instinctive need to forge a connection with the audience. Nathan Lane, Hamming It Up As Few Can 2010-05-26T17:15:00Z

All of these things are funny, but not in a “Look how hilarious all of this is!” way, a la James Gunn’s 2014 class clown of a movie Guardians of the Galaxy. Benedict Cumberbatch Is the Alchemist with the Mostest in 'Doctor Strange' 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z

Sporting a bright red nose and bright yellow and pink clown attire, Strong normalizes the everyday discussion of abortion while also emphasizing how ridiculous it is that it's a topic of debate. On "SNL," Cecily Strong's Goober the Clown nails the joy and comedy of abortion 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z

They’re wallflowers at the school dance, or class clowns, or quiet bookworms. The rise of the only child: How America is coming around to the idea of ‘just one’ 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z

Included in his large following of fans, both in Britain and the US, was Charlie Chaplin, who called Wisdom his "favourite clown." Norman Wisdom dies aged 95 2010-10-04T22:14:00Z

Galifianakis plays Chip Baskets, who dreams of being a classically trained clown named Renoir. Review: Zach Galifianakis's 'Baskets' Wrings Painful Laughs 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z

A company in Singapore is responding to backlash after reports that a clown employed by the company was loitering outside primary schools earlier this week. Clown seen outside schools sparks fear, leads education company to apologize 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z

An altered version of his Time magazine 2016 Person of the Year cover showed him with a red nose under the words “clown of the year.” Clintons, Mariah Carey turn out for Barbra Streisand concert 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z

Unholy alliances between children and clowns, evil scientists performing diabolical experiments, zombies, monsters, skeletons, haunted houses, possession and gore: For fans of pulp horror fiction, the ’70s and ’80s were a golden era. Paperback horror fiction rises from the dead 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z

“There’s got to be something slightly creepy. Like that frog,” he points to a manically grinning frog sitting between the Bambi and the clown. Andy Griffiths, the Down-Under Kids’ Author Known for His Butt Jokes, Now Builds and Builds on His Hit ‘Treehouse’ Series 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z

Granted, the clowning takes some time to spread its warmth in Mr. McAnuff’s elaborate staging. Christopher Plummer in Stratford, Ontario 2010-07-09T04:28:00Z

A brainstorming session among their characters is an aria of clowning, culminating in the creation of the animal adversaries the Booby and Otter, variations on famous characters and depicted with puppets. ‘Powerhouse,’ a Play About the Composer Raymond Scott 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z

Put it together and yes, a deranged clown hit me. Naomi Grossman of “American Horror Story”: “I’ve never been told I was so pretty until played the ugliest person on TV” 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z

McDonald's refuses to give up on Ronald, though, and its defense on why it needs to keep a terrifying clown as its mascot would be charming if it weren't so ridiculous and backward. The five most ridiculous defenses of Ronald McDonald 2011-05-18T17:19:00Z

A 2008 study concluded that "clowns are universally disliked" by children today. The creepy clown emerged from the crass and bawdy circuses of the 19th century 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z

Hugh and Tony Rodham were circus clowns compared with their temperate older sister, Hillary; they got tangled up in murky business and legal dealings, and were used by Clinton enemies to tarnish the first lady. ‘Saturday Night Live’ thinks it’s figured out the Trump brothers. Does it get them right? 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z

“In Paris, people call me ‘the parrot,’ call me ‘the clown.’ ‘Emily in Paris’ Returns, With Even More Fantastical Fashion 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z

The bar then transforms into the stage and the show begins, the infamous Cirque clowns replaced by two stand-up veterans — Brad Williams and Chris Turner. Cirque du Soleil plans a new and hybrid Las Vegas show 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z

After the reading, he went off in search of bubble tea, clowning in front of a window full of lacquered ducks along the way. On ‘You’re the Worst,’ Chris Geere Got His Ever After. Now What? 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z

He says he scours YouTube for videos of international clowning acts to give him new ideas with help from other performers who know how to read and write, since he never learned. Indian circuses struggle to adapt after court bans 2013-05-17T06:56:08Z

"Am I doomed to wander through the vale of tears as a clown?" the book asks. Fischli and Weiss: the art of humour 2012-06-05T12:03:00Z

The photographer and director David LaChapelle spotlights the electric dance form known as clowning and its successor, krumping, which originated in greater Los Angeles in the early 1990s. What’s on TV Saturday: ‘Pick of the Litter’ and ‘Bordertown’ 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z

“When they start unloading the truck, it looks like a clown car.” To Fight Waste and Hunger, Food Banks Start Cooking 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z

On the complete other side of the spectrum lies one of the most non-threatening clowns of all time. 10 Most Notable – and Often Creepy – Clowns in Pop Culture 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z

A prima donna and a sad clown rolled into one, this grand, androgynous mourner embodied the grieving central figure of Mr. Wainwright’s sixth studio album, “All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu,” released last spring. Music Review: The Dark Lady and Judy Garland Play the Muses 2010-12-07T22:15:00Z

Things are helped along because the story is a familiar and streamlined one, and the piece is always at its best when it is the storytelling rather than the clowning that are foregrounded. Oedipussy ? review 2012-02-09T17:55:01Z

Professional clowns suffered a double whammy in the 1980s with the movies “Poltergeist” and Stephen King’s “It,” both of which featured deranged clowns. The tears of a (real) clown: All the insane clown hysteria is giving us a bad name 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z

Mr. Shiner and his team quickly and heavily reworked the show, focusing on Schmelky, his troupe of clowns and the vaudeville acts rather than the more traditional musical numbers. When Cirque du Soleil Met Theater: ?Shpeel? Failure 2010-06-26T00:27:00Z

But Arnold’s manic clowning potentially damaging enough to Trump that it's resulted in a few contentious encounters as well as, by his report, interesting alliances he identifies through name dropping. Tom Arnold is on “The Hunt for the Trump Tapes” 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z

The irrepressible Troubies, as members of the 20-year-old company are fondly known, were clowning around, peeking impatiently through the windows and doors of the set. Why is a zany comedy troupe performing ancient Roman theater? The story behind the Troubies' 'Haunted House' 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z

The skeptical public processes the cult leader as a clown. Nxivm Had a Cult Leader Made for the Internet 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z

Chris Wedes, better known as TV clown J. P. Patches, died Sunday morning after a long battle with multiple myeloma, a form of blood cancer. Obituary: "J.P. Patches," Seattle's beloved TV clown 2012-07-23T01:42:03Z

Onstage the choreographer Debra Brown is trying to increase the energy of the first-act “popcorn number” in which Mr. Bazinet’s clowns are chased around by acrobats rolling inside human-sized hula hoops. Arts & Leisure: How Do You Make a Whole Show Fly? 2011-06-08T12:00:00Z

For the rest of the movie, though, he plays the hapless hayseed and, with a feeble nod to Chaplin, a sad clown. On Video: Buster Keaton’s Talkie ‘Free and Easy’ Comes to DVD 2014-03-23T19:49:40Z

While Skarsgård's take on the character places a greater emphasis on his extraterrestrial nature, Curry looks and acts for all the world like an honest-to-God circus clown. The case for Tim Curry's Pennywise 2019-09-14T04:00:00Z

I suddenly wonder, halfway through our interview, if I am looking at two men in clown make-up who are suffering from depression. And God created controversy 2010-10-08T23:03:00Z

But the definition of clowning is both broader and more historic than that. "Larger than life, but still true": Where Pee-wee Herman fits in the history of American clowns 2023-08-06T04:00:00Z

There's a confidence to his singing, dancing and clowning. 'The Addams Family' mines macabre musical comedy 2010-04-08T23:05:00Z

Run by promoter Live Nation, it’s situated on 40 acres in the shadow of Circus Circus’ faded big top and unnerving clown mascot. Rock in Rio is not for the Coachella crowd, but it works for Vegas 2015-05-16T04:00:00Z

Bluey Brattle, co-organiser of the convention, tells me not to believe the "tears of a clown" cliche, but it is hard not to. The wisdom of clowns 2011-03-17T07:59:00Z

Another role was the clown, as seen in 1940s Aunt Jemima figures and postcards of black kids eating watermelon. Art Review: ?For All the World to See,? on Civil Rights Era 2010-05-20T21:48:00Z

Tanya Jones, the target of the clown’s insults, told a local television station at the time that she was humiliated. The Last of the Dunk Tank Clowns 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z

If you are a killer clown, please stop it. From killer clowns to juggalos: Baskets' guide to identifying your inner clown 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z

It takes the oomph out of a good comedic punch if the target is an inflatable clown who keeps popping back up. Will John Oliver, Louis CK and SNL's attacks on Trump make a difference? 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z

He belatedly discovered that a clown costume served as protection, because the police didn't want to be photographed harassing a clown. 'Saint Misbehavin': The Wavy Gravy Movie' ? A doting look at a hippie-clown do-gooder 2011-02-17T21:30:23Z

Swiss mime clowns, French puppet companies, avant-garde mixed-media artists, all a walk away. A life in theatre: Michael Boyd 2012-11-16T12:43:29Z

“My way of fitting in was being a class clown,” he says. Billy Crudup: ‘Life is hard. It’s filled with grief, confusion, unpredictability … ' 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z

In one, made on the premises, a clown is tormented. In the galleries: From primal and primordial to political commentary 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z

Not just his — though his clowning often reaches the pathos level of the best silent movies. He Invited Us Into His Closet for Theater. And It Was Astonishing. 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z

Presumably, there are people out there who think Josh Ostrovsky, the joke-stealing clown who calls himself The Fat Jew, is funny or outrageous or cool. “The Fat Jew” defends himself and comes up short: Even on “the cutting edge of the Internet,” stealing actually is “a matter of right or wrong” 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z

Our kids voluntarily chose psychotic clown outfits, then critiqued us for being boring. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Grandma’s Bozo-chic aesthetic in children’s clothes 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z

It’s been a tough couple of years for clowns, what with Pennywise being the face of a popular monster film based on Stephen King’s It, which followed an epidemic of sightings of silent creepy clowns. Halloween myths and urban legends that just won't die 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z

Too bad the comedic, almost clowning elements in the script work against the ethical questions the film otherwise takes seriously, making the whole thing feel more like a character sketch than a fleshed-out drama. Five Horror Movies to Stream Now 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z

Mr. Gayle wore patched pants, big shoes and a clown nose: his disguise as “Streets,” a character he introduced long ago and uses from time to time. Celebrating Charles Gayle at the Vision Festival 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z

According to Holly Combs, a designer who founded the Ban Comic Sans movement, using it in most contexts is a bit like turning up to a black-tie event in a clown costume. Higgs boson and Comic Sans: the perfect fusion 2012-07-04T12:58:33Z

Add a David Bowie theme of the Thin White Duke as a clown in “Ashes to Ashes” and there was an explanation of the giant, ice-cream-cone pockets and circus hats. Fashion Review: Bold or Subtle, Skin Is In 2013-07-03T17:26:27Z

As he joins this illustrious roll call, the "breathtakingly brilliant clown" Doctor Brown cites influences such as Rowan Atkinson and Tommy Cooper. Clown takes Foster's Edinburgh Comedy award for best show 2012-08-25T17:55:38Z

While some jokes are connected to the calendar, like the clown for Halloween, many of them are evergreen. The Most Riveting Host in Late Night (and the Most Overlooked) 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z

The rest is devoted to production numbers and the lazily written story of Schmelky and the clowns. | 'Banana Shpeel': Cirque du Soleil?s New Show Opens at the Beacon Theater 2010-05-24T22:01:00Z

"I ain't no clown," he insists, trying to keep a shred of dignity. Here are 6 great film performances you missed in 2020 – and how to watch them 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z

“Young people have not been excited by clowns,” says Richard “Junior” Snowberg, a World Clown Association founder and a retired professor. It’s the worst time in history to be a clown. They just want you to love them again. 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z

“One moment he would be very serious, another moment he would be like a cartoon, a clown,” he said. Billy Al Bengston, Painter Who Channeled California Cool, Dies at 88 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z

It takes a while to warm to the broadly anachronistic gags, and there’s some blunt violence and overwrought, shrieky clowning. Oregon Shakespeare Fest, 2013: the Bard, and more 2013-07-24T22:08:57Z

The expressive set, designed by Daniel Ettinger, features a narrow trailer home, tricked out with beer posters, kitschy figurines, bumper stickers, a clown painting, plasticky furniture, all testifying to Maude’s limited finances and populist taste. A potential Jackson Pollock painting sparks an exaggerated class war 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z

Be the best possible straight man, and you’ll get the clown next time. Talking ‘Why Him?’ With Bryan Cranston, James Franco and Keegan-Michael Key 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z

“I look like a bloody clown,” he added. Glyn Johns Doesn’t Get Why People Like His Look in ‘Get Back’ 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z

It was worth sitting through all the clowning for that moment. On my radar: Arlene Phillips 2013-02-02T10:00:00Z

And Cirque was built on arty, sometimes twee clowning that can’t fill up a large space like Radio City. Arts & Leisure: How Do You Make a Whole Show Fly? 2011-06-08T12:00:00Z

The film co-stars the experimental circus artist James Thierrée, a grandson of Charlie Chaplin, as George Foottit, an English clown and the other half of a duo that made both famous. ‘Chocolat,’ a Biopic in France, Stirs a Discussion About Race 2016-04-17T04:00:00Z

In a fading Ohio industrial city in the post-crash year of 2009, a driver in a clown mask plows a Mercedes through a crowd of people waiting outside a job fair. Review: ‘Mr. Mercedes,’ a Stephen King Story With a Difference 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z

He begs his professor to tutor him in English, telling him that “being a clown is the most important thing in the world to me.” No Clowning Around 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z

It has been one packed clown car of woe. It’s the worst time in history to be a clown. They just want you to love them again. 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z

Yet in some ways he's likely been preparing for this role his entire life — his mother is a former children's party clown. The lifesaving, silent power of the Marcel Marceau Nazi-era drama "Resistance" 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z

This led him to a class with the renowned mime and master teacher Jacques Lecoq, whose pioneering training was rooted in clowning, improvisation and mask work. The Dumbledore of Clowning 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z

His girlfriend came back into the room and clowned us for being drunk fools. Please don't invite me over to dinner: The case against home-cooked meals 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z

The best "funny characters" aren't the clowns that fall on their bottoms. Top tips for writing funny fiction: Wendy Meddour 2013-05-22T09:53:06Z

Horror stories have made clowns creepy and this one might do the same for fall foliage. 10 New Comic Books for the Fall 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z

If I silence the obsessive longing that parades like a madcap clown in my mind, he’s the perfect partner for me. How my husband forgot sex 2014-02-13T00:00:00Z

All that fun, and not a killer clown in sight. In ‘Twisted Metal’ Series, Killer Clowns Come With Class Commentary 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z

There have also been sightings of creepy clowns in Wasco, Calif., though that has been revealed to be a husband-and-wife art project. Clown group upset over 'American Horror Story' 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

Mr. Nock, the youngest of four boys, grew up knowing that he wanted to be a clown and said he was determined from the start to continually reinvent his act. 2010-01-15T03:58:00Z

When someone mentions that it's a good thing the Morgans will be in town for the rodeo, will there be a scene involving an assassin, a bull and clowns? 2009-12-18T01:18:00Z

Police in Bakersfield have been responding to reports of menacing clowns around town, some wielding weaponry such as a gun and a machete. Clown group upset over 'American Horror Story' 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

In other Shakespearean productions, “I’ve played a lot of rogues and clowns,” he said. The many sides of Puck come out in three versions of ‘Midsummer’ 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z

As a boy, Alex was a daredevil and a class clown, picking fights with bullies, jumping off a balcony with a makeshift parachute, falling through the ice of a frozen river. Alex Trebek Is Still in the Game 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z

Jen tells me about her wacky wig party: the Marge Simpson mega-bouffant, the magenta strands, the clown hair, all designed to help her kids get accustomed to her bare scalp. The Out of Towner: Cancer Survivors See the Play ?Wit? 2012-02-16T23:10:38Z

Lacking leaders, we look to class clowns to guide us. Perspective | Without saying anything new, Jimmy Kimmel is saying everything right 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z

To audiences in the United States, the film’s title — and the poster of a grinning Mr. Sy dressed nattily as Chocolat the clown — might seem tone deaf. ‘Chocolat,’ a Biopic in France, Stirs a Discussion About Race 2016-04-17T04:00:00Z

Bill Clinton was less fortunate in a 2006 Chuck Close painting that turns him into a grinning clown. Presidential Portraits: Staring History in the Face 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z

A coke-addled clown on a journey to the end of the night, and the outer suburbs of his youth. Tony Parsons' top 10 troubled males in fiction 2010-05-26T12:22:00Z

Say what you will about Cirque du Soleil’s weird clowns and “Lion King” makeup jobs — it is more avant-garde than this troupe. | A Goofy Display of Acrobatics, Juggling and Hula Hooping 2013-12-19T22:50:28Z

The canvas for her rouged circus nose is the whiteface makeup of the classic Auguste clown. Barry Lubin, Grandma the Clown, in Final Big Apple Tour 2011-09-20T22:02:29Z

But as circuses declined – thanks to a combination of animal activism and TV pacifism – circus clowns were displaced by children's entertainers, who in the 80s and 90s did a roaring trade in children's parties. The wisdom of clowns 2011-03-17T07:59:00Z

It gives it a clown quality — how many people can fit in a phone box or a tiny car? Ravi Kapoor on his comedy "Four Samosas": "I always wanted to make a lo-fi heist movie" 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z

After last night, we are all well acquainted with how insane Justin's clown posse really is. The sexualization of Justin Bieber 2011-02-14T23:15:00Z

Beginning in the 1980s, clowns became regular visitors to children's hospitals to cheer up young patients. The creepy clown emerged from the crass and bawdy circuses of the 19th century 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z

Perhaps, as a nation, we're over clowns in a way that they're not in Canada or in Albania, where there's still a thriving cult around the films of Norman Wisdom. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner; Kooza/Cirque du Soleil – review 2013-01-13T00:05:32Z

J.P.'s many community appearances over the years included frequent visits to Seattle Children's hospital, where a smile and kind word from their favorite TV clown delighted countless young patients. Obituary: "J.P. Patches," Seattle's beloved TV clown 2012-07-23T01:42:03Z

Not all clowns share his sense of doom and gloom. No laughing matter: clowns brace for impact of Stephen King's It 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z

The concept for this production is simple: a red-nosed troupe attempt to perform Shakespeare's tragedy in their flat-footed way and, being clowns, wilfully sabotage and misinterpret the play. Hamlet the Clown?Prince ? review 2011-03-09T19:45:00Z

The craft requires putting on a good face, after all, and clowns remain a genial, outgoing, colorful lot, ready to laugh off their cares. It’s the worst time in history to be a clown. They just want you to love them again. 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z

The scabrous class clown begins to feel a little too much like a lecturer at the Learning Annex promoting his latest self-help book. | 'Ghetto Klown': A Queens Guy Toughs It Out in Hollywood 2011-03-23T02:01:03Z

Finally, we saw the caravan approaching, a clown carpool complete with red noses. What’s it like to film a TV travel show? I joined the crew of “Travels With Darley” to find out. 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z

Just last year a circus clown ran for Congress with slogans like “Why not elect a real buffoon to office?” and won by a landslide. Comedy: A Brazilian?s Comic Mania: Social Media 2011-08-04T12:00:00Z

“Judge Ida May Adams united the couple in marriage in a brief interval between shooting of scenes in which the bride dances in a clown number,” The Los Angeles Evening Citizen News reported. Gloria Dea, Magician Rediscovered Late in Life, Dies at 100 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z

He later moved to Paris and began working as a magazine illustrator, a cabaret comic and a circus performer with the famous clown Nino. Pierre Étaix, Director and Slapstick Actor, Dies at 87 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z

Dipsomaniacal uptown girls—one is never far from a drink in this tale—these serious ladies find pleasure downtown, in the company of lunatics, clowns, and misfits. The Madness of Queen Jane 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z

And I want him to know that even though I’m proud of his exuberant and keen sense of humor, he doesn’t have to be locked into the clown role. Motherlode Blog: Raising, and Understanding, the Class Clown 2014-03-05T22:16:39Z

As the performance at the Shrine auditorium nears an end, another clown escorts Creeky down a back stairway to avoid the exodus. At 95, oldest clown keeps the smiles coming 2012-04-05T15:18:11Z

In an expertly deployed self-own, she reveals that a clown costume during her childhood did not require use of a silly wig. Can Michelle Wolf's Netflix show shake up the late night comedy scene? 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z

He told me cops were clowns for the most part, with fragile egos. Tyre Nichols and American traditions: How do we give kids "The Talk" about police now? 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z

I love my dad’s mind, but when he does a goofy face, that is his true nature: the clown. For Rain Pryor and Kelly Carlin, Comedy Is a Family Business 2012-07-20T12:00:00Z

But they remain in close emotional contact with the cringing, the alienation, the clowning, the wariness, the self-mistrust and self-satire that came with growing up poor and Black in Pittsburgh. John Edgar Wideman’s Stories Vividly Evoke Life in Pittsburgh and Many Other Places 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z

If his characters had conspired like this, they would have had a sense of wit about them that none of the clowns in Iran-Contra actually had. Writing (and not writing) during a political maelstrom 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z

She is one of the few women in US television to clown and belch and discard all vanity in the name of laughs. The disgraceful genius of Julia Louis-Dreyfus 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z

I’m such a nut, I was the only one there crying because I was so moved by the clowns, who are such geniuses in their silent storytelling. Lauren Ambrose Just Wants to Go to French Clown School 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z

He was not made for tragedy, really, but to bounce back, like a punching-bag clown; many of his straight roles have more than a little comedy in them. James Garner dies: In 'Rockford Files,' he was a perfect fit 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z

It’s easy to sneer at this clowning as reaching for cheap laughs, and his high-energy style is surely not as cool in the current scene as soul-baring material or absurdist one-liners. Comedians Like Sebastian Maniscalco Act Out Their Humor 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z

You need to bring attention to you and the clowns.” Arts & Leisure: How Do You Make a Whole Show Fly? 2011-06-08T12:00:00Z

Sad clowns often have tiny rainclouds following them, blow their noses in long rainbow-colored handkerchiefs that they pull from their sleeves, and make balloon animals that always pop too soon. From killer clowns to juggalos: Baskets' guide to identifying your inner clown 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z

A mishap with a folding boat is a particular high point – a moment of elegantly executed silliness which nods back to the work of the clowns of silent cinema. The 25 greatest summer films 2017-06-24T04:00:00Z

At the end of his poem, Hughes doesn’t promise freedom from societal or institutional oppression, but he does give his clown hope and freedom from that double consciousness. “The Black Clown” Beautifully Reconfigures a Langston Hughes Poem 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z

In “Until the Real Thing,” which involves transformations into different characters — there will be, for instance, a sad clown — the collaborators are aiming for a similar merging of forms. Michelle Dorrance’s Four Musketeers of Tap 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z

Onstage, he clowned with the kids, some in school uniforms, giving an impromptu lesson in flexing, a street style he’s perfected, like a goofball kid himself. Lil Buck Expands Jookin’s World 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z

In her portraits of Gypsies and circus clowns the brushwork is looser, but still strives to capture an outward appearance, not to penetrate into interiority. Laura Knight: The unashamed illustrator 2013-07-06T08:01:40Z

“I made friends by being the class clown.” Does Harvey Guillén, of ‘What We Do in the Shadows,’ Look Familiar? 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z

As a boy, I was a goofball, a class clown, and a spaz. What “Peanuts” Taught Me About Queer Identity 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z

What clowns are about is, ‘It’s us as human beings. We’re all the same, and believe it or not, there are some things we will all laugh at.’ The tears of a (real) clown: All the insane clown hysteria is giving us a bad name 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z

In “Soir Bleu,” Robert Olen Butler spins a gothic backstory around one of the strangest of Hopper’s paintings, a “living portrait of the tormented clown painted on the canvas of the actor’s face.” What can fiction writers bring to Edward Hopper’s paintings? 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z

If you answered “yes” or “possibly” to any of those, you may be a sad clown. From killer clowns to juggalos: Baskets' guide to identifying your inner clown 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z

He said that while there are wildly different definitions of performance style when it comes to clowns, most include some version of a "character that's far larger than life, but true." "Larger than life, but still true": Where Pee-wee Herman fits in the history of American clowns 2023-08-06T04:00:00Z

Why does a clown want to play Hamlet? Robin Williams: The Comic Who Was Hamlet 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z

"It's hard to get any word in with this clown," Biden said before making a theatrical feint at decorum: "...excuse me, this person." The traumatizing terror of Trump's debate performance: We just witnessed an assault on democracy 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z

“Yes ma’am!” hollered a class clown in the center row. Black dance legend, 85, returns to South L.A. high school with a message not all kids bother to hear 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z

McCraw, 39, started clowning in 1982 at the invitation of his grandfather when he was 10 years old, after his older cousins balked at the offer. At 95, oldest clown keeps the smiles coming 2012-04-05T15:18:11Z

Mr. Collins and company have indeed sent in cousins of those clowns to wreak havoc on Shakespeare’s dark comic drama of judgment, mercy and sexual hypocrisy. Review: Shakespeare Meets Elevator Repair Service. Mayhem Ensues. 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z

In fact, clowns have gotten so much attention from law enforcement that a Clown Lives Matter protest in Tuscon, Arizona has been planned for October 15. 10 Most Notable – and Often Creepy – Clowns in Pop Culture 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z

When the spectator looks up after reading the card, the magician is wearing a clown nose. Sleight of Hand in Midtown, Beyond Three-Card Monte 2011-06-23T21:04:32Z

Is he a professional scary clown who is simply out to make a couple hundred bucks? HBO's "The Outsider" to "Wrinkles the Clown" – why the boogeyman is all over our TVs 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z

“I am an actress now,” she said, her eyes sparkling under her clown makeup during the rehearsal. Pathological Theater, a Salve to Soothe Minds 2010-06-05T02:05:00Z

In future there'll only be two kinds of writer: scenarists and clowns. Tolstoy's great estate 2010-11-20T00:07:00Z

So my life wasn’t like a balloon in need of a string — it was actually like those cylindrical balloons that clowns twist into shapes and contort beyond recognition. Modern Love: Hearts, and Lives, Out of Step 2011-04-14T19:07:08Z

The artist was saying that he won't be treated like a clown or painted to be one. Jay-Z's "The Black Album" turns 20 and is more relevant than ever 2023-09-03T04:00:00Z

In the end, it seems, we still like our clowns to look funny. When it's better to be funny-looking 2011-08-11T14:22:08Z

The servant clowns, Launce and Speed, recur in a better double act as the two Dromios in The Comedy of Errors. Two Gentlemen of Verona – review 2013-04-22T17:08:19Z

While everyone waited, she couldn’t help but clown around with the TV crew — there was no Ben, that night, alas — who were snapping photos with their iPhones. Reinventing Betsey Johnson 2012-12-19T23:32:46Z

Cecily, you recently performed a Weekend Update character, a clown named Goober who tells jokes about abortion, that felt like she could have fit into this play. Continuing ‘The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe’ 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z

It’s a Friday, which means there’s no live show, and Noah has time to clown around, undergoing half-a-dozen tie changes while being photographed by the Guide. Trevor Noah: ‘It’s easier to be an angry white man than an angry black man’ 2016-04-02T04:00:00Z

It was a phenomenon, both at the box office and with critics, yet 21 years later, masked killers have been replaced with evil clowns, evil dolls and evil racists. Back from the dead: is the slasher movie set to make a killing? 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z

A few storefronts down, though, was a dunking booth called “Drown the Clown”; whenever a clown drowned, a shrill buzzer pierced the din. Arrivederci, Little Italy 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z

Buddy's original owner was Happy Slappy, a failure of a clown who mistreated and abused him. 10 Most Notable – and Often Creepy – Clowns in Pop Culture 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z

According to reports, a passenger dressed in clown attire sparked the massive brawl in a buffet area, which left six people - including three women and one staff member - with "significant bruising and cuts," police said. Cruise ship passenger dressed in a clown suit sparks massive brawl on board, reports say 2019-07-27T04:00:00Z

It will feature 15 giant character balloons, 28 floats, 36 novelty and heritage inflatables, more than 800 clowns, 10 marching bands and nine performance groups and, of course, Santa Claus bringing up the rear. Performers gear up for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z

Future Spock is a master of subtlety; Peck's is still learning how to harness the human clown goofing about in his DNA. How Ethan Peck's Spock became the mirthful glue binding us to "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z

I frankly can’t tell if these clowns truly believe their own hype or just don’t care if their customers are potentially risking a deadly, incredibly difficult to treat disease. Is sunscreen worse than cigarettes? 2012-08-24T20:45:00Z

Call My Agent, about a talent agency, has been a fantastic calling card, illustrating how much greater Cottin’s range was than “clown”. The French Fleabag: 'Viewers in France are shocked by the sexuality' 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z

Future Spock is a master of subtlety; Peck's is a superbly capable leader who's still learning how to harness the human clown goofing about in his DNA. How Ethan Peck's Spock became the mirthful glue binding us to "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z

The pair collaborated on 17 pictures, including The Stooge, Living it Up and Three Ring Circus, with Martin typically playing the suave straight man to Lewis’s unruly clown. Jerry Lewis, king of comedy, dies at 91 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z

Although it hardly seems possible, some illustrations have even more obscure meanings – one card features a clown riding on the back of another clown, captioned: “Whoa Mare! You’ve earned your little bit of Corn!” Enduring love: how gen Z saved the greetings card 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z

His father was an academic; his mother entertained as a clown at children’s parties. David Denby: Jesse Eisenberg Explores His Dark Side 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z

You quit dating apps, for the second time, because your friends rightfully clown you for becoming that insufferable man interrogating a woman as to why she’s single. I Quit Dating Apps. Five Times. 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z

White-winged guillemots and snaky-necked cormorants voguing on the shore, puffins skimming the water with their clown beaks — it was hard to imagine just a couple of centuries back all this biomass wasn’t here. Kayak, bushwhack and get to know scat on an adventure cruise to Alaska 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z

“Tall Skinny Cruel Cruel Boys” observes Brandy at birthday parties doing her low-wattage clown thing for tots. The female psyche is focus of 2 new Seattle shows 2013-06-06T20:39:46Z

The clowning that seemed so enchanting becomes almost sinister when the face gets jowly and the hair recedes. Sir Norman Wisdom obituary 2010-10-05T00:01:00Z

At one point, Bella thinks, “O changelings of the world: we go up and down the ladder in this circus called life, and we are more entertaining than clowns, more grotesque than freaks.” This Week in Fiction: Yiyun Li on Fairy Tales 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z

Mr. Angle, 46, worked the funnel cake, cotton candy and chicken dinner booths at the fair long before he started clowning several years ago. The Last of the Dunk Tank Clowns 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z

And where will be the clowns, their individualized make up, their zany antics? The Last Act for the Ringling Circus 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z

We may not have learned much, but marveled nonetheless that Insane Clown offspring look like their dads -- right down to black and white markings on their little insane clown faces. Salon's Academy Awards of Viral Video 2011-02-25T20:30:00Z

“Love’s Labor’s Lost,” with or without the British “u,” is a very youthful, disjointed text, its thin thread of plot repeatedly cut by clowns, dullards, puns, pomposities and noodling that goes nowhere. Review: Young Bros and Maidens Harmonize in ‘Love’s Labor’s Lost’ 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z

She also recounts a dinner party of clowns she attended, where she learns "like eight other clowns at the table" had abortions, too. On "SNL," Cecily Strong's Goober the Clown nails the joy and comedy of abortion 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z

Yes it has annulled the decades of resentment of all those clowns who overlooked his genius. Howard Jacobson: 'I've been discovered' 2010-10-13T17:14:00Z

The government's assessment showed a photo of what appears to be a female Juggalo, with a painted clown face, aiming a pistol. Hip hop duo Insane Clown Posse sues US Justice, FBI over gang ID 2014-01-08T22:32:05Z

The stories unnerved even author Stephen King, whose dozens of spine-chilling novels include "It," the tale of a supernatural being that appears as a clown. Senseless selfies, creepy clowns and Trump's triumph make year of odd news 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z

The sixth season affirms this, with the clown's despair and regret more frequently showing through his theatrics. When it comes "Better Call Saul," we should be in no hurry for it to end 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z

An appearance there in just the right look has the potential to turn starlets into style icons and make a convincing argument that a class clown can play a leading man. Why the red carpet is bad for fashion 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z

He’s been at this for 25 years and says clown hysteria is cyclical, although this cycle seems more heightened than others. The tears of a (real) clown: All the insane clown hysteria is giving us a bad name 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z

I kept posing it to people — I’m thinking it’s about a clown talking about her abortion — and everybody was like, okaaay. Continuing ‘The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe’ 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z

Snowstorms grew too thick, a clown fight exploded into an ecstatic riot, a children's choir sang for days on end, slowly collapsing to the floor one by one. Share your theatre memories of 2010 2010-12-29T09:43:57Z

I mean, I was the class clown because I wasn’t a good-looking teenager; my nickname was Wall because I didn’t develop. This is what midlife looks like for women 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z

When I was a kid, I just wanted to be a clown. TV A-listers wonder: Who would win on Survivor? 2010-08-27T05:41:00Z

Which is all well and good, except for the fact that Face the Clock is basically Pass the Parcel, so it may as well be presented by a clown in a spluttery car. Is The Great British Menu the most self-important show ever? 2013-01-29T12:43:56Z

Rainone, who calls himself Zerp, was one of 20 clowns who showed up for the open tryout at the American Airlines Center in Dallas. " I was born a clown" 2010-08-16T21:24:00Z

Or rather her clowning comes from a place of real pain. In ‘Sweeney Todd,’ Annaleigh Ashford Puts It All Together 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z

Seattle singer-dancer Mark Siano — smoothie, hunk, self-deprecating clown — brings "Modern Luv," his musical sendup of romance in the Internet era, back to the Triple Door this week before taking it to New York. What our writers love this week 2012-03-07T22:20:11Z

He found his most youthful audience as the voice of the dentist who captured the clown fish star of the hit 2003 animated feature "Finding Nemo." Aussie film star Bill Hunter dies of cancer at 71 2011-05-22T01:31:06Z

“I was at Times Square at 1:30 in the morning and there was a guy in a wheelchair who was pushing himself along and he said, ‘Look at that clown,’” Sedaris related. David Sedaris, Dressed Up With Nowhere to Go 2020-06-20T04:00:00Z

Lewis has disowned the film, in which he plays a German clown named Helmut Doork, who is imprisoned in a concentration camp for making fun of Adolf Hitler. Hey laaaaady! Jerry Lewis' personal archive is acquired by the Library of Congress 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z

This show may well be what the phrase "tears of a clown" is all about. Sport Relief 2010 | Dom Joly and the Black Island | Comedy Exchange | South Park and more | Watch this 2010-03-19T06:45:00Z

We are stuck with a clown and his clown car of clowns. The Show’s Delayed, but They’re Still Keeping ‘Company’ 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z

For an hour his PR chaperones have left him alone with the clown who once inadvertently cycled into the canal we can see from the window. Jude Law on phone hacking, being 40 and his new film Side Effects 2013-03-03T19:00:01Z

Clad in a trim black suit, clutching a laser pointer, she gestures lavishly from her elbows and wrists and sometimes wields a funny, Groucho-esque shrug — an intellectual who is down to clown. ‘Fragments’ Review: Guest Lectures from a Famed Professor 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z

It was an extension of his general puerility, his weird clowning, his fake laughter. ‘I couldn’t deal with it, it tore me apart’: surviving child sexual abuse 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z

Vocally, Scholz’s soaring solo “The Lady Must Be Mad” is a highlight, and along with his amusing clowning, Stoltenberg is an impressive singer also. ‘Illyria’: Taproot Theatre gives ‘Twelfth Night’ a musical spin | Theater review 2013-07-18T21:01:26Z

Mr. Roxburgh is “almost like Cate’s anchor,” he said, a steadying force that lets her surrender to her instinct for clowning. Cate Blanchett and Richard Roxburgh, in Love and Battle 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z

She brought with her 16 acrobats, jugglers, trapeze artists and one frenzied clown. ‘Queen of the Night’ Opens at the New Diamond Horseshoe Club 2013-12-26T21:42:17Z

The backdrop behind the band and modest light show is the cover image from Plant's new album: a clown holding a cushion on which sits a ring of gold, lambent. The showman must go on 2011-01-30T00:03:02Z

That's the premise of Morris' brilliantly incendiary new comedy Four Lions: a few radicalized English Muslims plan an attack on the London marathon while dressed in clown outfits. 'Four Lions' Review: Finding Comedy in Suicide Bombers 2010-11-19T14:15:00Z

One of Seafair's highlights, with floats, drill teams, clowns, pirates, bands, 7:30 p.m. Community Corner: Torchlight Parade, art fairs in Alki and Bellevue 2012-07-27T21:03:05Z

The scary clown has become a horror staple. The creepy clown emerged from the crass and bawdy circuses of the 19th century 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z

But Seinfeld refutes the dark clown myth right out of the gate. 9 Things We Learned From Jerry Seinfeld's Netflix Special 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z

But then again, I didn't know that an anti-Semitic clown that dresses like Mystery from "The Pick-Up Artist" actually designed for Dior in the first place. Pop Torn: 10 pieces of culture we're on the fence about 2011-04-16T12:01:00Z

CC is the most solemnly unnerving of the Midtown mack daddies – feminine perm, giant clown collars and all – because CC is the one whose relationships most blur the line between cold commerce and loving kindness. The Deuce’s Gary Carr on battling stereotypes on TV 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z

A truly great sitcom combines clowning with a weightier undertow. Mrs Brown's Boys: mainstream comedy for the middle-aged 2011-03-01T12:19:30Z

But it does so in a rambling fashion, with much bickering, philosophizing and Beckettian clowning, which drag as the play’s outcome becomes more and more inevitable. Starry support for 'Ay, Carmela!' at Hudson Mainstage Theatre 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z

It’s a honky-tonk bounce that’s more jovial than angry, observing, “If it’s a bunch of clowns you voted in/Election Day is comin’ round again.” The Playlist: Bad Bunny Gives Drake a Spanish Lesson, and 12 More New Songs 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z

“I’m not like him. I’m a nighttime clown, and I’m a lot more vulgar. I’m the reason those signs were made — and that was to stop us from getting sued.” The Last of the Dunk Tank Clowns 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z

Of course, being active on social media means that eventually you’ll get clowned for something, and Grande has mastered the self-effacing comeback, too. Ariana Grande’s “Thank U, Next,” Reviewed 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z

Ahmed did not appear to like the attention as he followed Clay around the audience, but the other clowns asked the children to encourage him. Clowning around in a time of war 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z

Johnson wears a red clown nose in a painted selfie, part of a series of pictures of heads on stakes, each mounted atop an actual wooden post. Review | In the galleries: From artist Timothy Johnson, a heady exhibition 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z

It wasn’t until I saw a rare New York appearance in January that I appreciated how much he riffed on the idea of the terrifying clown. The Tears (and Fears) of a Clown 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z

The Staten Island Children’s Museum will demonstrate the connections at this event, which will include robotics demonstrations, Lego engineering, solar-powered racecars, science experiments and clowning from Ringling Brothers. Spare Times for Children for June 7-13 2013-06-06T22:33:23Z

July 26 Giant helium balloons, drill teams representing local communities, equestrian units, clowns, pirates and bands, 7:30 p.m., July 2014 calendar of events 2014-05-12T04:00:00Z

In One Direction, along with the other four members, he grinned and clowned his way through songs promising affection, boyish charm and, eventually, the mischievous perks of pop stardom. Camila Cabello and Harry Styles, Teen-Pop Alumni, Think Bigger 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z

Pee-wee's gleaming white shoes heightened the ridiculousness, but his red bow tie completed the look, becoming Reuben's version of a clown's nose. Through Pee-wee Herman, Paul Reubens reminded Gen X to stay true to our immature inner children 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z

I said, “My kids will probably visit,” and he goes, “O.K., when your kids come, I’ll make sure that the clown is not around, because there’s stuff that’s just not appropriate for them to see.” The Many Fears of Bill Hader 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z

One unleashed a bigoted tirade and is no longer a lovable, easily employable clown. N-word controversy: Is Paula Deen done for? 2013-06-25T20:19:18Z

Today's scary clowns are not a divergence from tradition, but a return to it. The creepy clown emerged from the crass and bawdy circuses of the 19th century 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z

Perhaps this was the point, but the scrappy clowning couldn’t have had less in common with Hosokowa’s eerie, deadly serious contemporary-Noh score, often hushed, occasionally ferocious. An Opera Festival That Keeps Faith With Shutdown’s Innovations 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z

Many clowns, like actors, are introverts who want to be extroverts. The wisdom of clowns 2011-03-17T07:59:00Z

Barnum’s autobiography sits on a shelf near a photo of the three sisters in full clown makeup as kids doing a circus routine. Ring Leaders: Meet the Women Behind Disney's Ice Empire 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z

“And the luckiest thing happened: Our waiter was drunk, he came lurching on like a Shakespearean clown, and that put us both at ease and made our meeting so easy.” Interview: Eudora Welty 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z

She pointed to a chest filled with clown masks and the heads of dolls. | Amy Ryan: For Amy Ryan, Inspiration Found Around the Corner 2010-09-17T23:57:00Z

Yet the mask remains a liberating tool for some clowns. It’s the worst time in history to be a clown. They just want you to love them again. 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z

He was a clown in a never-ending circus. Trump’s great TV comeuppance: The very thing that created Donald Trump is destroying him 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z

The children, presumably wearing the moustaches, followed, as did the donkey cart, the clown, the drummer and a posse of worried-looking mothers. Why the Notting Hill Carnival isn't what it was 2010-08-28T23:06:00Z

While Mr. Tennant and Ms. Tate were agreeable, often funny clowns as Benedick and Beatrice, the scrappy should-be lovers at the play’s center, Mr. Edwards and Ms. Best were funny and heartbreaking. ArtsBeat: London Theater Journal: Shakespeare as Cover Boy 2011-07-19T14:30:50Z

Epp is a clown prince — when last seen at the STC, he was fueling the uproarious “The Servant of Two Masters” — but here he’s creepy in every sense. Taking on a fanatic with zeal in Molière’s ‘Tartuffe’ 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z

The Oscar-winning director hopes his documentary will help people better understand a leader who Stone said is wrongly ridiculed "as a strongman, as a buffoon, as a clown." Stone: Film an intro to Chavez and his movement 2010-05-29T03:20:00Z

Although this results in a forfeit, such displays of occasional integrity keep these four clowns a little bit lovable. Television Review: ?(Impractical) Jokers? on TruTV - Review 2011-12-14T22:13:50Z

Odelmi Hernandez, 42, who once worked briefly as a circus clown, guides the students for three hours daily at the Havana school, where some students commute from as far as two hours away. Cuban children train for circus, and a future 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z

SAT Games, prizes, arts and crafts, cup cake walk, clowns, treats for kids and families, 2 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2013-03-14T01:47:17Z

Joel Jeske, another Parallel Exit member who has teamed with Big Apple before, supplied the concept and the sprightly clowning material. Review: Luxury Travel With the Big Apple Circus 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z

He gave his famous star little direction, save for the occasional reminder to be more minimal, more "sad clown," says Noah. A controversial victory lap for Lewis at Cannes 2013-05-25T17:46:14Z

He teamed up with fellow puppeteer Judy Valentine for their own daily series, then worked on a Boston version of the clown show “Bozo’s Big Top.” Sesame Street puppeteer Caroll Spinney dies at age 85 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z

Building up steam, he shifted to a more unexpected defense: “Second point: Do you know Hillary Clinton? She asked to come here to discuss with me about the clown.” The Dumbledore of Clowning 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z

Nor did I assimilate with any of the clown cliques — the jock clowns with their acrobatics, the pothead clowns, the earnest ones who formed study groups. I flunked out of clown school 2012-07-03T00:00:00Z

Who needed another show about an angry middle-aged clown man going back home to wrestle with some unsettled scores, a horrible ex-wife and equally dickish relatives? The best TV of 2016 … that you probably didn't watch 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z

“Our modern-day trickster god,” he writes, “Bill isn’t just being a clown. He has a tao, a way of being, a philosophy of life.” This Season’s Best Books on Hollywood 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z

“If you ask anybody what they think of clowns, it’s associated as much or more with something crazy and scary as it is something joyful. I don’t think this film is going to help that.” Bill Skarsgard Talks About ‘It’ and Giving His Family a Scare 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z

According to a Monday Facebook post by Speech Academy Asia, some reports were claiming that the clown was offering money to children or asking them to come with the clowns. Clown seen outside schools sparks fear, leads education company to apologize 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z

That very moment, the Italian people were discovering, post-election, that their country was in thrall to a clown. The Barber of Seville; Emerson Quartet – review 2013-03-03T00:06:19Z

After a few anxious moments, Rainone would know whether he cut it as a clown. " I was born a clown" 2010-08-16T21:24:00Z

I ask him how seriously he would recommend we take him, and he says he would rather be feared than taken for a clown. Slavoj Žižek: 'Humanity is OK, but 99% of people are boring idiots' 2012-06-10T19:00:05Z

And of course, that was then followed up by new outcry from Twitter users who thought the police shouldn’t apologize to “humorless tossers” and who suggested to critics, “Lighten up, you stiff-arsed clowns.” Cops joking about rape on Twitter: And people wonder why so many women don’t report sexual assaults? 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z

In the episode “Chuckles Bites the Dust,” the entire newsroom — except Mary Richards — gets the giggles after a clown’s demise. Mary Tyler Moore, TV star who became symbol of women’s liberation, dies at 80 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z

You see how dangerous it is to spend a weekend at Butlin's with a hundred clowns. The wisdom of clowns 2011-03-17T07:59:00Z

No character is more self-aware or comfortable than Mervyn, a New York furrier who practically waltzes into Sara’s conservative English home and gently clowns his way into her line of sight. Wasserstein’s “Sisters Rosensweig” coasts on comedy at Theater J 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z

During the show the raging diva was balanced by the commedia dell’arte clown with “Sicilian blood,” as she joked, in an uproarious monologue about making a film in southern Italy. Music Review: Patti LuPone Is First Headliner at the Cabaret 54 Below 2012-06-14T02:07:18Z

David Letterman and Whoopi Goldberg were more obnoxious than confident; Crystal, however brilliant as a clown, always seemed as if he was hustling for laughs à la Fozzie Bear on the old "Muppet Show." Eddie Murphy to host 2012 Oscar telecast 2011-09-06T20:07:00Z

The strength of Upchurch’s vision, though, is the cast of romantic clowns. Bites from Shakespeare’s banquet 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z

And it’s not just that sweet, innocent clowns can be creepy while simply going about their clowning business. The 15 scariest on-screen clowns, from worst to best 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z

Flares of whimsy, as when the actors don red clown noses, might feel rather European to locals more accustomed to irony. In ‘Big Trip,’ an Exiled Russian Director Asks: What Makes Us Human? 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z

Yesterday morning, White House press secretary Josh Earnest actually had to answer a reporter’s question about how the administration is addressing the clown epidemic. Don’t fear the creeper: Those weird clowns are just a social delusion 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z

In my own research on the history of the 19th-century circus, I spend a lot of time in archives where I regularly come across vintage photos of clowns. The creepy clown emerged from the crass and bawdy circuses of the 19th century 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z

The solution, clowns say, is staring them in the face: Lose the greasepaint. It’s the worst time in history to be a clown. They just want you to love them again. 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z

Taub writes neat hooks, so when the philosophical clown Jacques opens with a melancholy phrase, the notes stick and a blue mood is set. Review | The hippies are back in Shaina Taub’s musical ‘As You Like It’ 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z

Even at yeshiva, she was always a wisecracker, always a clown, “the wacky kid who does imitations and gets thrown out of class,” she said. Jackie Hoffman Kvetches Her Way to Royalty in ‘Once Upon a Mattress’ 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z

Or, on a far wall, the Picasso clown that his wife bought many years ago in Oberlin, Ohio. William Zinsser, Author of ‘On Writing Well,’ at His Work 2013-04-28T16:18:48Z

Born in 1936, the first generation child of Polish parents, Averne was a class clown and troublemaker whose teachers would send him out to Linden Boulevard to watch plants grow in lieu of disrupting class. How the Record Man Harvey Averne Helped Take Latin Music Worldwide 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z

He now carries the imprimatur of Guinness World Records, which declared him world's oldest performing clown in February after friends applied on his behalf. At 95, oldest clown keeps the smiles coming 2012-04-05T15:18:11Z

Ever since Shakespeare’s clowns and Moliere’s servants who speak truth to power, our theatrical stories need that balance. Answers to Your Questions About College Theater Programs 2010-08-11T22:04:00Z

The four met in 1990 at Monsignor Farrell High School, where they were not, actually, the class clowns. These four friends grew up pulling pranks. Then they turned their shtick into a cable TV empire. 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z

So are the different branches of clown tradition, the history of flea circuses, the role of collagen in making contortionists more flexible, and the brain chemistry of such risk-takers as tightrope walkers. Curious about 'packanatomicalization'? Check out Pacific Science Center's 'Circus! Science Under the Big Top' 2010-06-25T20:01:00Z

And don't forget that there are other clowns voiced by people who've won Emmys for their work on the show, too. Krusty the Clown: the greatest Simpsons character ever? 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z

In keeping with the fluorescent theme, one duo flaunted colorful clown wigs, while another patron donned a neon pink bob, like the type you’d find on Harajuku girls. Scene City: Where Neon Was the New Black 2011-05-18T21:34:20Z

“Twelfth Street Rag” was the alarm for that, a signal to send in the clowns to distract the audience, Mr. Phillips said in a New Yorker profile in 1976. Harvey Phillips, a Titan of the Tuba, Dies at 80 2010-10-24T04:19:00Z

They regarded Edwards as an embarrassment, an exhibitionist, a clown, a loser. Eddie the Eagle: ‘I was probably closer to the ostrich’ 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z

His father is a sociology professor, his mother teaches dance, and used to take bookings as a professional clown. Jesse Eisenberg: ‘Do you look at me and think, God! What an indulgent prick?’ 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z

Arguably a farce — though the playwright, Sandy Rustin, rejects that term, which to her suggests stock characters and clowning — “The Cottage” is a feminist twist on witty British comedies in the Noël Coward mold. How to Squeeze a Feminist Farce Into an English Country House 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z

Finding “your idiot,” as he calls it, is the essence of clowning, which, unlike comic acting, requires a performer to stick with the same character. The Dumbledore of Clowning 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z

But as ballerina meets clown, other personae break into the mix. Russian dance that's out of this world: Turin's Teatro a Corte 2011-07-13T11:36:09Z

Even for a clown, it’s no laughing matter when your prostate falls out. Quip on the draw: The Style Invitational’s winning cartoon captions 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z

For much of the 20th century, this was the standard role of the clown. The creepy clown emerged from the crass and bawdy circuses of the 19th century 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z

For a while, he lived up to them, alienating his teachers by being an uninterested student and a class clown. In ‘House of the Dragon,’ Paddy Considine Claims the Crown 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z

I think the first thing I saw was her clown series. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: ‘Eat Only When You’re Hungry’ 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z

I called Donald Trump a clown and buffoon when I appeared on CNN, but Hillary Clinton in many ways is worse. Our nominee is a disaster: Time may be running out, but Democrats will come to rue Clinton over Sanders 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z

Part clown, part acrobat and part magician — after a sneezing fit, she crumples tissues, which miraculously disappear — Ms. Anglada moves to choreography that evokes child’s play. Spare Times for Children for Nov. 14-20 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z

But how will a new generation of teens, haunted by evil dolls, evil clowns and evil aliens react to a film about … evil accidents? Final Destination at 20: the bleakest teen horror film ever made 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z

Which is at least an excuse to use the old joke about the son of the clown worried about following his father into the business. The wisdom of clowns 2011-03-17T07:59:00Z

Later, the sumptuous colours of the circus enthralled them even more, especially the glittery, loose "tumbledown trousers" of the clown. The Singing Mermaid by Julia Donaldson - review 2012-06-22T11:00:00Z

His interest in clowning was known in his hometown of Coffee Creek. At 95, oldest clown keeps the smiles coming 2012-04-05T15:18:11Z

These days, the star of the show is Mr Tumble, a genius of a clown who uses sign language to entertain children with learning difficulties. Charlie Brown v Blue Peter: holiday TV specials in the US and UK face off 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z

Before that, Murray was seen largely as a clown. Groundhog Day: the perfect comedy, for ever 2013-02-07T20:00:03Z

He was an awkward child who earned his fellow students' acceptance by becoming the class clown . . . at least on the days he attended school, which were few and far between. Gilbert Gottfried, defender of transgressive comedy and a throwback to the great joke-tellers 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z

In paintings of Uncle Dominique, he comes across as a family clown, the kind that kids delight in. They Suffered for Their Cézanne Portraits 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z

He is friendless aside from his mother, works as a party clown, and his paralysing tendency to burst into peals of maniacal laughter unnerves everyone he meets. 'Incel' violence is horrific, but Joker is complex, and doesn't take sides 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z

More sinister than the special effects are the masked serial killers and squealing clowns in each dimly lit, blood-smeared room. Spooky Season Has Arrived in New York. Here’s What’s on Our List. 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z

Most never witness the times Ron oversteps his boundaries with Marcus, which is what all clowns do to the straight man of the pair in these movies. "Vacation Friends" is a happy buddy comedy in a world where race doesn't matter. That's a problem 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z

In the early ’60s, on the strength of his Bozo, McDonald’s asked him to develop a clown character to be used in its advertising. Willard Scott, TV’s Clown Prince of Sun and Showers, Is Dead at 87 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z

"American Horror Story," having moved through ghosts, a mad scientist and witches, is conjuring a dark marriage between "Freaks" and a closet full of clown nightmares. Forget Halloween. TV shows have thrills and chills all year-round 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z

On the mantel sits an eclectic assortment of oversized toys: a Bambi; a retro red clown, mouth agape; and a giant Kewpie doll. Andy Griffiths, the Down-Under Kids’ Author Known for His Butt Jokes, Now Builds and Builds on His Hit ‘Treehouse’ Series 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z

This week House treats a precocious 16-year-old boy who wants to be a clown, which is fitting because House is nothing if not a clown with advanced skills. House Watch: The Clowning Around Edition 2011-11-15T15:00:08Z

“We first have to help rehabilitate the image of a clown,” said Mr. Arquette, as he took a step back from his painting and pursed his lips with approval. David Arquette Spray Paints Bozo in Brooklyn 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z

When he depicts a female clown in tight black leggings, sitting on a red banquette, it is not a figure at rest, but a figure with all the world spinning around her. Review | Yes, Toulouse-Lautrec was an alcoholic cabaret creature. But his art ranged far beyond the demimonde. 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z

Rant to the clown acting like a blind person. Rant & Rave: Conventioneers like our unconventional kindness 2011-08-03T21:40:05Z

While Mr. King is best known for his horror novels featuring terrifying clowns and serial killers, his own particular fear is much more mundane. What Stephen King Can’t Travel Without (It’s Not a Mystery) 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z

He moved into anachronistic disco for “Allen,” which showed Allen Ginsberg and other major Beat writers clowning on a Factory couch in 1964. ‘Exposed,’ Musical Accompaniment to Warhol Silents at BAM 2014-11-09T05:00:00Z

It’s a serious play with abundant sarcastic humor, in part because Matt in wooing mode styles himself as a hapless clown. Review | Theater J, still roaming across D.C., revives ‘Talley’s Folly’ 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z

More and more characters keep arriving, like dozens of clowns out of a tiny car. Debut Novels About Seamy Underbellies and Dark Turns 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z

Austen’s wit — her subtly sharp barbs in the dialogue and her satirical humor — is overshadowed in this production, which relies on exaggerated emotional outbursts, hammy slapstick, quick shifts of cadence and large, clowning gestures. Review: In ‘Persuasion,’ How to Lose Lovers and Influence People 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z

I was a terrible painter – my portraits looked like the evil chimera love-children of Picasso's demoiselles and the BBC test card clown. Six novelists on their favourite second artform 2013-04-27T07:00:18Z

Interviewed on radio program "The Alex Jones Show," Sheen, 45, who is said to be vacationing in the Bahamas, called his boss, executive producer Chuck Lorre, "a clown" and referred to him as "Chaim Levine." Season's over for sitcom after Sheen's latest rants 2011-02-25T06:00:03Z

His initial “clown” character is largely silent, though he’s delightfully communicative. Surely, he jests: Matthew R. Wilson’s classic clowning in ‘One-Man Commedia Epic’ 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z

“This is your moment,” she says, and leads the miniature procession into the ring, to Hogan, who is wearing vestments handmade by Ringling’s costume department and adorned with clowns and lions. She’s traveled 16 years with the circus, but she is not a performer. She’s a nun. 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z

A natural clown with a hypermobile face and a nervy, high-amplitude energy, Haggard had, until very recently, made a career of cameos, one-offs and character bits. Did Daisy Haggard Create the Next ‘Fleabag’? Not Exactly 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z

To those who knew him through his performances he was an extrovert: a large, hammy guy with big ideas and a big voice, relishing the role of clown. Art Review: Versatile Collagist, Dangerous Times 2011-03-31T22:05:39Z

“The Mother Lode” is both upbeat and unsettled; over repeating chords and a crumpled version of a house beat, he sings about being a clown who amuses no one. Radiohead’s Thom Yorke Releases a Surprise Album 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z

This “Swan Lake” is a joy from beginning to end — and, between all the clowning, it’s beautifully danced. The Trocks: They could’ve danced all night | Dance review 2013-05-17T20:47:19Z

This will, according to legend, summon a ghost or spirit of some kind – or at Burger King in Sweden and Denmark, draw a certain fast-food clown. Burger King's Halloween stunt in Sweden has Ronald McDonald-like clown creepily appearing in bathroom mirror 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z

Attorneys argue their case amid screaming children, a cascade of bubbles, and a clown running circles around them. "The Good Fight" differentiates between who has the luxury of tuning out our political troubles 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z

The perpetuation of scary clowns “just pollutes everything that we try to do,” May says — to the degree that many clowns don’t even use the word to describe themselves anymore. The tears of a (real) clown: All the insane clown hysteria is giving us a bad name 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z

Norris: That’s the great thing about playing clowns is that the smallest thing becomes so huge. From the melancholy prince to a pair of queens, Norris and Twyford have played it all at the Folger. 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z

Now, I don't consider myself afraid of clowns. The creepy clown emerged from the crass and bawdy circuses of the 19th century 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z

There is a medical condition called coulrophobia, which is defined as a morbid fear of clowns. The wisdom of clowns 2011-03-17T07:59:00Z

After other stints in clowning and street performance in Europe and New Orleans, Solomon returned to the city and started “Force Majeure” two years ago. Conjuring up a career with one of NYC’s only female magicians 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z

Patrick, AKA Patchy the clown, is 18 and delighted with the way life has worked out. The Circus – review 2012-06-30T06:00:01Z

At one point they began clowning, whacking objects while singing the Anvil Chorus from “Il Trovatore.” From Heaps of Junk, a Melodious Clang 2010-10-04T21:33:00Z

In her compulsive oversharing and scornful eye-rolls, she has something of the court jester or sacred clown, allowed to tear through society’s taboos. Being ‘Fleabag,’ From Stage to TV and Back Again 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z

Give the clowns their due: they are sometimes funny, with Patrick De Valette getting the most laughs, primarily because he’s wearing a raincoat and isn’t shy about flashing his orange undies. | 'Banana Shpeel': Cirque du Soleil?s New Show Opens at the Beacon Theater 2010-05-24T22:01:00Z

Just quoting from it would be like a clown show. The Simpsons' Matt Groening: 'President Trump? It's beyond satire' | First Dog on the Moon 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z

Sherman, 57, has become everything from career woman to clown, beauty to hag, doll to dead, playing with disguise and stereotypes. Cindy Sherman 2011-03-08T00:05:33Z

At one point, she describes sitting in a hotel room after a set, thinking, “Am I a clown?” Amy Schumer’s New Obligations 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z

He's a capable physical and vocal clown but, please, someone teach him when to stop. Punt and Dennis ? review 2011-01-13T22:16:00Z

Remember that the next time you see any of these clowns on the evening news. One Million Moms overreaches again 2012-07-25T17:05:00Z

And if you come across a killer clown, stay away! From killer clowns to juggalos: Baskets' guide to identifying your inner clown 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z

Aspiration Considering herself a “natural clown,” she hopes to transition into character roles. Going From Show to Show No More 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z

He’s a soft and obvious target, almost too easy to clown, but Jamie’s criticism is subtler than it might first appear. Helen Macdonald’s ‘Vesper Flights’ Sees Wonder — and Refuge — in the Natural World 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z

It’s his first time as star and showrunner: “What we pitched was parables through the eyes of a clown: EDM Jesus Sucks at Life!” James Van Der Beek: 'I lived in fear of teenage girls' 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z

The 41st annual competition of colorful milk-carton boats of all shapes and designs, with visit by Seafair clowns and princesses, food vendors and other onshore activities, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Seafair Milk Carton Derby and other weekend community events 2011-07-15T15:35:04Z

At one point he assembles a ragtag army of outcasts to do his bidding, giving him a literal insane clown posse. In ‘Twisted Metal’ Series, Killer Clowns Come With Class Commentary 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z

Someone watches two teens from outside a quiet suburban house, before donning a clown mask, stalking them up the stairs, and finishing them off with a large knife. Scary toddlers and super creeps – helicopter parenting and the rise of 'kindergarten horror' 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z

These days, only small children expect a clown to really make them laugh hard. The Tears (and Fears) of a Clown 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z

“God bless all clowns,” he said, delivering his hero’s favorite poem, “The Clown’s Prayer.” At 95, Dick Van Dyke is still the consummate showman. And he’s desperate to get back onstage. 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z

Through the flames, a clown dressed as a firefighter appears to douse them as Toaster runs for his life. 10 Most Notable – and Often Creepy – Clowns in Pop Culture 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z

His spouse sat on the floor nearby, sewing a red velvet clown collar onto a bright turquoise shirt. Iquitos, Peru: Wet and Wild 2013-09-13T17:49:30Z

The Saturday parade, a tradition here since 1972, features Irish dancers, bagpipe bands, school and heritage groups, and the Seafair Pirates and clowns among its more than 1,500 participants. Get on your green for St. Patrick's Day parade, festival, race 2012-03-14T22:29:04Z

The lines are spoken by Tines simply, without fanfare, as though we’ve finally arrived, after so long, at the most basic and obvious truth: “I was once a black clown / But now— / I’m a man!” “The Black Clown” Beautifully Reconfigures a Langston Hughes Poem 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z

If viewers do cross the line, it triggers the flower to squirt them in the face with water like a clown with a gag lapel flower. John Waters, the Artful Dodger 2011-06-23T23:10:08Z

Monks, clowns, American Indians and pharaohs also appeared in the auction lots, and a few bore the stamps of the celebrated designers Edgar Brandt and René Lalique. At the Met, Honoring Kimonos and a Scholar of the Same 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z

That, of course, is in addition to the 16 giant character balloons and 33 smaller ones, 27 floats, 1,300 cheerleaders and dancers, 12 marching bands and about 1,000 clowns. Sting and Renée Fleming Among Thanksgiving Day Parade Performers 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z

"Here, I'm among my people, my fellow clowns." Adventures at the Clown Palace: Stand-up comedy helped me confront my depression and cultural taboos 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z

In the process he inspires protests and riots from countless other self-declared "clowns" like himself, with major consequences for both himself and Gotham City. The problematic "Joker" 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z

Family activities include toy hydroplane building and towing, a hula-hoop contest, and kids' entertainment area with play space, inflatables, a Pacific Science Center activity and clowns. Milk Carton Derby puts cream of home-built boats on Green Lake 2012-07-11T23:10:05Z

There have always been creepy dolls, kids and clowns in horror movies, of course – from the original Chucky to The Shining’s Grady twins. Scary toddlers and super creeps – helicopter parenting and the rise of 'kindergarten horror' 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z

And Spike throws a Friday the 13th marathon ending with Stephen King’s killer clown. What’s on TV Friday: ‘The Meyerowitz Stories’ and ‘It’ 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z

He has something that only the clowns in the circus can project when they're acting like a fool: grace. " I was born a clown" 2010-08-16T21:24:00Z

But juggling, acrobatics and clown activity were entirely off his radar. ‘The Ordinary Acrobat’: a daring young man’s circus obsession 2013-03-07T20:46:22Z

July 30 Giant helium balloons, Seafair royalty, drill teams, equestrian units, clowns, pirates, bands, 7:30 p.m., Summer Guide | July 2016 events around Seattle 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z

Sure, you’ve had your little fun — scampering across social media, delighting local news producers with reports of scary clowns threatening schools and targeting children. The tears of a (real) clown: All the insane clown hysteria is giving us a bad name 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z

We're not looking for an actor to play the role of a clown. " I was born a clown" 2010-08-16T21:24:00Z

It began as an attempt to merge the circus and musical theater, telling the story of a devilish producer who promises a clown fame and fortune. Defiant Showman Demands His ?Wow? 2011-06-03T15:21:47Z

A public celebration of the life and legacy of Seattle TV clown J.P. Saturday celebration to honor life of Chris Wedes, J.P. Patches star 2012-09-05T02:02:04Z

These characters, who seem unrelated to Mr. Zimmerman’s main clown, interrupt and erode the more successful passages. Review: ‘Hallo’ Stars Martin Zimmerman, Fighting Off the Scenery 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z

Oh Yeah! and I Looked All Over Town, which documents the outcast anguish encountered when, by accident of birth, you happen to be a circus clown. The Strange Powers of Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields 2011-02-16T13:13:52Z

All the while, Bloom and Gelsone, expert clowns, play with each other, their props and their spectators, who shouldn’t expect to remain completely anchored themselves. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z

In that show, she played an abused housewife who refuses to clean house any more, dresses her husband as a clown, and helps her transgender child try out new gender pronouns. In “Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus,” Taylor Mac Takes on Shakespeare—and Trump 2019-04-20T04:00:00Z

British Prime Minister Theresa May features in Elf’s fictional nightmares dressed in a clown outfit and huddled down a drain with her government. British comic Elf Lyons makes economics a laughing matter 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z

Unlike some of her contemporaries, however – whom she later denounced as "clowns" who "just took to the hills" – Hellman took a defiantly principled stand against the HUAC, refusing to name names. The scandalous Lillian Hellman 2011-01-22T00:06:27Z

To his great credit, Leguizamo has the courage of a true clown. At the Royal George, the world according to John Leguizamo 2011-02-06T13:40:10Z

Spanning virtually the full history of Franco's Spain, it opens in 1937, with a machete-wielding killer clown, and ends in 1973, atop the huge cross in Franco's Valley of the Fallen. Toronto Film Festival: 10 Films to Talk About 2010-09-19T13:55:00Z

In Joseph P. McCarthy's accomplished, endearing turn, Jimmy is an unworldly bumpkin and class clown. 'The Pitmen Painters': Miners discover their inner artist 2012-04-30T19:59:04Z

Brandy, though not a clown herself, was aghast at her clown-adoring daughter’s desire to try out for this particular film. It’s the worst time in history to be a clown. They just want you to love them again. 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z

A veteran cautioned Bryan, “it’s not okay to be obese and a clown,” she recalled. It’s the worst time in history to be a clown. They just want you to love them again. 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z

As the rare class clown among this sweetly earnest bunch, one student, Robbie, is fascinated by artificial intelligence and machine learning. Review: In ‘Science Fair,’ High School Students Are World-Class Scholars 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z

"He was gradually going down, but the clown hung in there for a long time." Obituary: "J.P. Patches," Seattle's beloved TV clown 2012-07-23T01:42:03Z

Barnum noted that part of the appeal of the circuses "consisted of the clown's vulgar jests, emphasized with still more vulgar and suggestive gestures." The creepy clown emerged from the crass and bawdy circuses of the 19th century 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z

Yet the London festival, which fills stages across the city every January, is actually a diverse mix of circus, physical theater, puppetry, clowning and mask shows — anything that keeps words to a minimum. London International Mime Festival: Wordless Physicality That Smashes the Glass Box 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z

Vegfest is kid-friendly, with free admission for ages 12 and younger, clowns, story times and a special tasting area with food for kids. Even carnivores should check out the annual Vegfest 2014-03-25T23:30:25Z

Mr. Esfahani remembered being the “class clown” and “always on stage,” playing the piano and violin at school assemblies. The Pugnacious Performer Who Wants to Take the Harpsichord Mainstream 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z

July 20 Marching bands, clowns, floats, 100 foot dragon and lions dancing along the route. July 2014 calendar of events 2014-05-12T04:00:00Z

At 53, he has a repertoire that doesn't include anarchy; he's no longer the romantic-comedy clown. Tom Hanks on 'Pacific' HBO Series, World War II, History 2010-03-04T23:55:00Z

“I figured, better that she’s informed and has the right tools than she goes into it blindly with her friends in the bathroom and comes out looking like a clown.” Tweens and Cosmetics 2010-04-28T17:18:00Z

That stage persona also sometimes angered younger African Americans, who accused him of clowning and even acting like a “plantation character.” Louis Armstrong’s museum has gone silent, but ‘Pops’ is still talking 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z

In his 2006 video The White and Black Minstrel Show, he appears as a 'whited-up' clown, a cipher of cultural cluelessness that inverts the grim racial caricatures of 19th century American vaudeville acts. Artist of the week 107: David Blandy 2010-09-29T15:01:00Z

Mr. Irwin is an unusually amphibious stage star, equally skilled as a professional classic clown and an intense dramatic actor. Review: Wrestling With a Master in ‘On Beckett’ 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z

How do you feel about clowns and comedies that don’t make you laugh? From Broad City to Vinyl: here's what to watch this winter 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z

If you are a class clown, never give up on your dream of being an accomplished clown. From killer clowns to juggalos: Baskets' guide to identifying your inner clown 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z

But like the creepy clowns, it’s entirely made up. Worried you can’t tell real news from fake? Slow down and be skeptical. 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z

This comment gives rise to a sudden mass movement of activists who dress like clowns and target the rich and the powerful. “Joker” Is a Viewing Experience of Rare, Numbing Emptiness 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z

I was a loner, a sad clown who didn’t need tears painted down his cheeks. I flunked out of clown school 2012-07-03T00:00:00Z

The cake he concocts for the Taste of Staten Island contest — a towering inferno of cakes, circus tents, lion cages, clowns and chocolate-covered popcorn — isn’t actually edible. The TV Watch: Viewers Still Drool for Frosting Fantasies 2011-06-20T22:15:18Z

A brilliantly creepy character who has managed to grow over time from a crime clown to a layered psychopath. Eoin Colfer's top ten villains 2013-05-23T11:09:56Z

“There were lot of kooky things you could do in the ’70s and now to make yourself kind of a clown,” Ms. Carter said. Eddie Murphy’s Latest Look Is Ripe for Appropriation 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z

Comedians can be insanely competitive — the reason “class clown” is singular is because if there were two class clowns, one clown would ultimately kill the other clown. Dana Carvey Remembers George Bush, From Muse to Friend 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z

Dancer Rachel Poirier smears white clowns'-paint on her face, and there are traces of the Moor and the Ballerina in a duet. Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre: Rite of Spring and Petrushka – review 2013-04-12T21:00:00Z

Creepy clowns, with carnival wheels instead of feet, rolled across the stage. Dance Review: Mirrors, Clowns and Other Visions 2011-04-17T20:46:46Z

And finally they converge on the concept of a clown which is just the most helpless and powerless thing. ‘It Chapter Two’ Is Out. Let’s Talk About Where That Clown Came From. 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z

First, let’s get one thing out of the way: There are no clowns skulking around America’s neighborhoods, looking for children to abduct. Don’t fear the creeper: Those weird clowns are just a social delusion 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z

On Tuesday night’s episode of The Late Late Show, the prolific actor reprised his role as sincere newsman Will McAvoy from The Newsroom and immature clown Harry Dunne from Dumb and Dumber. Watch Jeff Daniels Play Four Characters at the Same Time 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z

Imagine a clown shoe stamping on a human face – forever. Comic Sans not your type? Lighten up 2010-10-22T13:15:00Z

But if the pattern holds, and a great screen adaptation is to be made out of “It,” scary clowns alone won’t do the trick. The secrets to making great Stephen King movies 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z

Clark, I pull out all this clowning and bigness; my acting is broad but I try to be real. Q&A: Chevy Chase 2010-12-14T05:15:00Z

He was self-assured without being arrogant, and down-to-earth without being a caricature or a clown. As Neil Winters, Kristoff St. John Was a Cornerstone in a Corner Office 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z

His ideas of the Übermensch and will to power were stripped of their provocation and clowning and rendered as crudely authoritarian. A Life of Nietzsche Turns the Spotlight on an Idol Long Misunderstood 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z

But are they laughing with, or at, the black clown? ‘Chocolat,’ a Biopic in France, Stirs a Discussion About Race 2016-04-17T04:00:00Z

Lee, ludicrous in a henna wig and power suit, is the clown, but the jokes are mostly on the women who have the corner office but got it the old-fashioned way, on their backs. The TV Watch: ?Are You There, Chelsea?? Enters Female Sitcom Fray 2012-01-10T21:08:56Z

There’s still the clowns, the jugglers, the almost freakish things. Kevin Costner Revisits the American West, Now by Helicopter 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z

Four Clowns Presents Hamlet The clown troupe puts its own spin on the Bard's tale of the melancholy Dane. L.A. theater openings, Sept. 13-20: 'One Man, Two Guvnors' and more 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z

“Maybe this is changing, but I think very often it’s associated with the glass ashtrays and clowns you might see in a shop at the train station in Venice.” Inspired by Murano, Glassware Goes Wild 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z

It’s based on the real-life story of a fatal fire that happened in the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day — and it’s told by clowns. ‘Burning Bluebeard' Becomes a Holiday Tradition in Chicago 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z

It was like a clown car of economist commentary! Larry Wilmore smacks down Donald Trump over outrageous “university” scam 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z

Though the elephants have already stepped down, clowns, acrobats and other animals remain and will be joined for the first time by ice skaters. What’s New in NYC Theater 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z

This year's fest includes an updated version of the guidebook "Vegetarian Pacific Northwest" available for purchase and a kids area with face-painting, clowns and information about healthful eating. Meat-free eating ideas sprout at Vegfest 2010-04-09T23:57:00Z

When we first meet him, he is at a rigorous clown university in France, which is unfortunate, because Chip does not speak French. Zach Galifianakis’ sad-clown comedy “Baskets” isn’t funny — but its oddball charm works in mysterious ways 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z

His father started clowning around and the resulting scan, McConnell says, was “rather horrifying.” Walter McConnell’s exhibition at Bellevue Arts Museum: Art that surrounds you 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z

Older girls might be cast as “frontier girls” or butterflies, smaller girls might be soldiers, mice or clowns, and the littlest are likely to be mushrooms or bumblebees. ‘The Nutcracker’: Fairies and tulle onstage, total nuts backstage 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z

Mac turns the clown into a street performer in white face paint and a wig, who describes himself as “an everyman who’s a bit of a nobody else.” In “Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus,” Taylor Mac Takes on Shakespeare—and Trump 2019-04-20T04:00:00Z

Schmelky is a bombastic showman who early in the show oversees “clown auditions.” | 'Banana Shpeel': Cirque du Soleil?s New Show Opens at the Beacon Theater 2010-05-24T22:01:00Z

“Dead clown walking,” read the “New York Daily News” atop a sad Trump clown face. Colbert sticks it to Trump: “These are your New York Values — Oh, you came in second? Go f*ck yourself!” 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z

This brings them in direct conflict with Pennywise, a clown who captures children and devour them. The New ‘It’ Trailer Is Here to Give You Nightmares 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z

“The kitsch thing to say is ‘I’m afraid of clowns.’ It’s the worst time in history to be a clown. They just want you to love them again. 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z

She’s been clowning since childhood, her survival strategy as the only girl among four siblings and as a bright child packed away to boarding schools that didn’t always appreciate her intellect or dissident views. We Need to Talk about Tilda Swinton 2011-12-08T15:14:32Z

In a wide shot we see the clown stoically lurking in the background, sullying their perfect day with the spectre of depravity. American Horror Story's Freak Show clowns and creeps absurd as ever 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z

And they all look pretty ridiculous and we all tend to turn them into clowns one way or another, we all like to laugh about them. Actresses bond over playing dress up, tattoos and aging on screen 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z

She, too, is a bit of a clown, with an abandon that turns her movement into something like liquid. Twyla Tharp and Her Body of Perpetual Motion 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z

This year, the Republican clown show became a freak show that may introduce the horror show of Trump vs. Our politics are broken and toxic: How both party elites betrayed our trust, birthed Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z

People are struggling with their everyday lives while these royal clowns are cavorting around – oblivious to the hardships that people are facing. The readers' room: What you thought of G2 this week . . . 2011-03-24T22:30:03Z

When I was growing up in Silver Spring, Md., she helped turn me into an award-winning clown when I was 6 with the elaborate Halloween costume she made for me. Perspective | I won clown contests as a kid. It didn’t win me friends, but it showed me I could do anything. 2020-11-28T05:00:00Z

Though to be extra cautious, Tate did inform members in the community of her upcoming photo shoot, and asked them not to call police if they saw the frightening flame-haired clown lurking around the canal. Oklahoma couple stages 'It' photo shoot reenacting scenes from the creepy film 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z

As we gathered our bags and started up a sandy path toward our hotel, a cidomo, the Indonesian term for a horse-drawn cart, trotted by and tooted what sounded like a clown’s horn. This Indonesian Island Is a Respite From Bali. At Least for Now. 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z

At first glance, Warner Bros’ decision to pitch a Joker origins movie starring somebody other than Jared Leto looks crazier than the clown prince of Gotham at his most psychopathically nutty. Why not so serious: might The Joker make the perfect Martin Scorsese villain? 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z

To Gyssling, who has accused him of rashly trespassing into politics, Chaplin retorts, “I remain . . . one thing only, and that is a clown.” If you’re in the mood for comedy, try these productions 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z

You really get something coming from Moon that I think most people overlook, because people tend to think he was this madman, this clown, all the time. Quadrophenia: Music for all times 2013-06-14T00:30:49Z

Grotesque, ugly and monstrous, this man could be an early design for The Joker or a junk-addled clown. Why Picasso's Joker trumps Van Gogh and Cézanne 2012-07-31T15:29:58Z

Everyone pays lip service to the idea that comedy is the toughest gig in show business, but when it comes to scooping up jewelry for the mantelpiece, the tragedians have it all over the clowns. Nathan Lane, Hamming It Up As Few Can 2010-05-26T17:15:00Z

Around season eight, he became the male Phoebe, a comedic foil for the other characters: the sad clown, the Eeyore figure. TV style icons of 2020: how Friends’ Ross Geller pivoted from sartorial disaster 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z

His last screen credit came playing the Shakespearean clown Verges in a 1984 TV version of Much Ado About Nothing. Dad's Army star Clive Dunn dies 2012-11-08T09:55:45Z

You can generally tell a killer clown from a regular clown because their makeup looks pretty rushed. From killer clowns to juggalos: Baskets' guide to identifying your inner clown 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z

It was time to lay down the clown games of my past and find a new dream. Billy Porter: The First Time I Refused to Keep Playing a Stereotype 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z

At least there was like a clown car of candidates. Samantha Bee teases big election coverage, from presidential harassment to a strategic joy offensive 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z

A wall in his house is covered with awards from clowning competitions across the country. At 95, oldest clown keeps the smiles coming 2012-04-05T15:18:11Z

As his loose arms and legs spin in circles, he looks a little like the Road Runner, though more like a fugitive clown. The Oscars: Christian Bale Summons a Fallen Man?s Delusions 2010-12-31T18:45:24Z

Only occasionally would McCullough get involved in pressing contemporary political affairs — as when he called Trump “a monstrous clown with a monstrous ego.” Perspective | David McCullough helped America understand itself 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z

The dead included a lion tamer, strongmen, a trapeze artist and clowns, along with workers who set up and broke down the traveling Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus, one of the biggest... A Century Later, a Train Wreck Brings a Fraternal Order Together 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z

Fighting apologists, such as “Hockey Night in Canada” clown Don Cherry and NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, argue that fights are necessary so players can “police” the game and prevent cheap shots against their teammates. Blame Canada! Fighting has turned hockey immoral 2014-02-11T00:00:00Z

He's like a clown in the sort of a classical sense. "All Creatures Great and Small" writer on the show's yuletide finale, gentle peril & Season 2 plans 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z

The sensibilities on display, from raucous gross-outs to refined clowning, were too divergent to appeal to the same person. Rediscovering an Ambitious Sketch Comedy That Never Caught On 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z

In fact, in my experience, I have found that insane clowns have many honorable qualities, like a strong sense of family. From killer clowns to juggalos: Baskets' guide to identifying your inner clown 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z

If the original runs in Randolph's song didn't automatically register as humorous, his sending up a melody associated with clowns surely does. Why "Yakety Sax" makes anything funny and has morphed into the soundtrack of political failure 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z

Fans of King's novel and the 1990 TV miniseries adaptation will recall that the eponymous monster being circled by Poulter typically takes the form of a menacing clown with a toothy grin. Will Poulter in talks to play freaky clown in Cary Fukunaga's 'It' 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z

Knowlton’s killed a wild boar, a bear, and last summer he bagged a record-breaking shark. Say what you will about the guy, but he’s not just some rich clown with a gun. Hunter: “I want to be intimately involved with a black rhino” 2014-01-16T20:01:00Z

Now I see that I should have thought, These clowns are ignoring Black kids on purpose. Sesame Place falls short of "Sesame Street" — and after my own child's visit, I should have known 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z

A high point on Thursday night was their furiously propulsive four-handed reduction of Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F, embellished with some physical clowning. Music Review | 'Gershwin ... Here to Stay': Gershwin by K T Sullivan at the Oak Room 2010-03-15T21:33:00Z

You never feel his love for clowning as much as his hatred for everything else. Louis CK and Zach Galifianakis’s Baskets: tears and rages of a clown 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z

Famous 19th-century clown Dan Rice was known for including local gossip and political commentary in his performances and impersonating prominent figures in each town he visited. The creepy clown emerged from the crass and bawdy circuses of the 19th century 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z

Free entertainment around the fairgrounds and onstage includes music, magic shows, clowns, Showplace Stage concerts at 7:30 p.m. and fireworks shows at 9 p.m. Signs of spring: baby animals, flowers, monster trucks 2014-04-09T21:30:40Z

Neither the stereotyped effete smiles nor the startling clumsiness of some details — the hand of the clown in white, the brim of his hat — troubled bidders. Auctions: At Auction, the Treasures of a Tycoon War Hero 2011-04-08T13:29:04Z

I wondered if I might be more successful in romance if I applied the same attitude I learned as a child competing in clown contests. Perspective | I won clown contests as a kid. It didn’t win me friends, but it showed me I could do anything. 2020-11-28T05:00:00Z

You’re more likely to squirm, though, at what seems as incongruous as a Chekhov play staged in clown costume. Movie Review: ‘The English Teacher,’ Starring Julianne Moore 2013-05-23T22:48:55Z

But that hasn't stopped the Internet from turning the killer clown into a hilarious meme. Pennywise Dancing the Macarena Is the 'It' Meme You Never Knew You Needed 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z

From his strapping physique to his soaring voice and flair for clowning, he fills those pirate boots with panache. ‘Pirates of Penzance’ pleases at 5th Avenue Theatre 2013-07-20T20:33:11Z

I've previously described this show as a tragedy that likes to hide from time to time inside of a clown suit. When it comes "Better Call Saul," we should be in no hurry for it to end 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z

Good as they are, though, clowns and hobos are almost nostalgically fearful. Horror: a genre doomed to literary hell? 2012-11-07T11:47:02Z

“Rule Britannia is out of bounds, to my mother, my dog and clowns.” Is there life after “Life on Mars?”: David Bowie’s death has made this ubiquitous song so painful to hear 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z

"Now I don't care what anybody thinks as long as they don't think I'm a bad clown," he said. " I was born a clown" 2010-08-16T21:24:00Z

Dear Theatergoer: No. For one thing, the “mock” suggests that the clown was probably not seriously wounded. | 'Banana Shpeel': Cirque du Soleil?s New Show Opens at the Beacon Theater 2010-05-24T22:01:00Z

The promotion of “It” has gone heavy on the clown imagery; there are even “clown-only” screenings scheduled for Alamo Drafthouse theaters in various cities across the country. The secrets to making great Stephen King movies 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z

By the Great Depression “a new type of freakish circus sideshow emerged — ‘the dark carnival’ featuring clowns as evil, morally perverted figures who were untrustworthy and devious.” Did Stephen King just kill the horror clown? 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z

Zeppo’s inclusion in the family made the others less like clowns and more like brothers. How a Lost Marx Brothers Musical Found Its Way Back Onstage 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z

There's already enough, in his combination of clowning, oddity and low-level menace, to constitute one of the funniest shows on the fringe. Doctor Brown ? review 2011-08-10T17:15:01Z

David Clay, a clown from Oregon, thinks not. Clowning around in a time of war 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z

“I’m sitting there in a clown costume so it’s kind of like hmm, I’m not sure being serious works,” Brosnahan said. Facing redundancy in New Zealand? Send in the clowns 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z

She optioned the film rights to a novel called “Clown Girl,” about a clown living in the surreal town of Baloneyville. Can Kristen Wiig Turn On the Charm? 2011-05-01T08:30:02Z

In a statement provided to The Straits Times, police said they had received several reports of people dressed as clowns approaching children outside primary schools. Clown seen outside schools sparks fear, leads education company to apologize 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z

“We clowned around a lot with that group,” he recalled, “but most of the time we played good music.” Pete Fountain, Clarinetist Known for His High-Spirited New Orleans Jazz, Dies at 86 2016-08-06T04:00:00Z

Winter Solstice Pagan Holiday Show Celebration of ancient myths and rituals features acrobats, magicians, clowns and musicians. The week ahead in L.A. theater, Nov. 26-Dec. 3: 'Pang!' at 24th Street Theatre and more 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z

But an outside directorial eye might have helped cut their clowning excesses and shaped the production, giving this reminder that we humans have our place in the food chain has its full grisly impact. Flesh and Blood & Fish?and?Fowl 2010-08-06T20:30:00Z

To this day, it’s Pennywise that people turn to if you ask them to picture a scary clown. Fears of a clown: why the original It will always be the best 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z

And I would play a lot of the clowns and strange parts in comedies when I did Shakespeare. ‘Barry’ Star Stephen Root Went From ‘That Guy’ to Emmy Nominee 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z

SAT Hi-Yu royalty, pirates, clowns, marching bands, drill teams, floats, 11 a.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more for July 22-28 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z

At best, it sets in motion some very agile clowning by a suitably zany cast. The Rep’s ‘Boeing Boeing’: Coffee, tea or sex farce? 2013-04-26T01:57:20Z

He found it again recently when he earned a chance to become a traveling clown with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. " I was born a clown" 2010-08-16T21:24:00Z

After all, clowns are known for being jolly, even if their antics have a tendency to terrify us. 11 commonly misheard phrases that actually make sense 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z

Sadly, in the end, Arquette found the documentary process to be exploitative; it relied too much on “Hollywood types, from Psycho to the clown,” she told gossip columnist Michael Musto. Alexis Arquette and The Lady Chablis: deaths a reminder of barriers they broke 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z

Everywhere you look right now, the election is hovering right there in the distance, like one of those creepy clowns trying to lure children into the woods with candy. The best and worst presidents on TV 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z

They are rich enough and secure enough to clown it up for the camera. Fashion Review: The Theater of an Italian Summer 2011-06-22T20:21:31Z

As much as I have tragedy and drama in me, I also have a clown. TV Was an Alien World for Golshifteh Farahani. Then Came ‘Invasion.’ 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z

But real clowns take umbrage at the depiction. America’s largest clown club is very upset about this scary clown on “American Horror Story” 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z

A comedy duo unto himself, he is both clown and straight man. Three bright performances on Broadway: Nathan Lane, Michael Cera and Alex Sharp 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z

President Obama began to speak, but staffers kept filtering in; he punctured the tension, calling the procession “like a clown car.” Watching Trump Win at the White House 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z

What is a choreographer without a stage but a sad clown of God at a time like this? Mark Morris, one of the world’s leading choreographers, takes dance to Zoom 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z

The actual circus, as we all know — with its sword swallowers, high fliers and alcoholic clowns — was outflanked long ago by packaged corporate entertainments. | Fashion Diary: Tents, but No Circus ? New York Fashion Week 2011-09-07T21:18:08Z

Did that make it hard to play the clown? Carly and Lucy Simon on Music, Fame, Sibling Rivalry and, Yes, James Taylor 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z

The show, which blends the spectacle of drag with the sadness of clowns, explores Dickie Beau’s fascination with female icons like Marilyn Monroe and Judy Garland. Artistic Director Moves from Abrons to Skirball Center 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z

I sensed an inherent bias toward those who had grown up in a clown family or had at least spent their formative years around a circus. I flunked out of clown school 2012-07-03T00:00:00Z

When not clowning around on the stage or screen, Mr. Storch was party to an unusual secret at home. Larry Storch, Comic Actor Best Known for ‘F Troop,’ Dies at 99 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z

Can we add creepy clowns to this list? The monsters we create: On Stephen King’s “It,” the creepy clown epidemic and Donald Trump 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z

The building that houses the spot where “the laws of nature are defied” features a gorilla on the roof, a vintage VW Bug crashed into the side and an eerie-looking clown over the entrance. West Virginia: Wild and wonderful and, okay, a little bit weird 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z

More than 1,000 acrobats, clowns and other circus workers marched through downtown Mexico City on Tuesday to protest a ban on animals in circuses. Mexican circus workers protest new ban on animals in shows

The New York Post described the incident as a riot by “punk-rock clowns.” Scene City: Rock and Roll Circus Is a Tight Squeeze 2011-01-06T00:42:55Z

“I was a monkey child. I was like a clown. My grandmother said, ‘You’re going to go to clown college’ and I was like, ‘OK, that sounds good.’ Andrew Garfield: ‘I never compromised who I was’ 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z

It was a hilariously random image — a clown’s face imprinted onto a slab of beef. How AirDrop requests have become Gen Z’s version of passing notes 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z

Qiu has always played the clown, shuffling from scene to scene, a hapless pauper harassed by need and political fashion. ‘A New Old Play’ Review: Even the Clown Show Must Go On 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z

“I like being a clown,” he said in his breathy way. Scene Stealers: Richard Simmons, Internet Star? 2013-08-23T20:49:01Z

And then of course there’s clowning, which she started doing in college, amusing obnoxious kids for beer money. ‘Welcome to Clowntown’ Review: Raunchy Stories and Giant Balloon Animals 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z

They are lovably cute, ugly and pathetic, like clowns. Why Roz Chast Makes Fun of White Middle-Class New Yorkers 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z

Giant helium balloons, drill teams, equestrian units, clowns, pirates, bands, 7:30 p.m. Community calendar 2012-07-25T17:48:06Z

In a shocking revelation, Davis also notes that at some cooch show performances, gay clowns had sexual encounters with male audience members "during and after anonymously crowded scenes." The creepy clown emerged from the crass and bawdy circuses of the 19th century 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z

More clowning, but of a bittersweet nature, is on stage at Seattle Rep. Weekend roundup: Five arts reviews 2011-10-10T17:07:08Z

When I was in the sixth grade, there was a kid in my class, we’ll call him James, who was really funny, the class clown. Daniel Tosh and rape jokes: Still not funny 2012-07-12T11:26:00Z

In another image, a clowning Dean pulls his sweater over his head, with only his spiky hair and hooded eyes visible. Phil Stern, photographer of stars during Hollywood’s golden age, dies at 95 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z

Maybe horror’s dolls and clowns are the lost childhood’s way of belatedly circumventing those curbed imaginations. Scary toddlers and super creeps – helicopter parenting and the rise of 'kindergarten horror' 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z

Robert Armin, a noted singer and clown, and the first actor to play Feste, is also a contender – as is our old friend, Anon. Poem of the week: When that I was and a little tiny boy by William Shakespeare 2013-04-01T09:33:58Z

“I’ve been in that particular dressing room in Sydney on many occasions with many wonderfully talented actors and many wonderfully talented clowns,” the actress continued. "Orange Is the New Black" star Yael Stone accuses Geoffrey Rush of sexual misconduct 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z

“Because no one wants a clown for president.” Why comedy as a weapon could be such a force in the 2016 election 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z

In this role, Clooney deploys his gifts for lunatic spurting and wild-eyed frothing—the angry clowning familiar from the Coen brothers’ films. The Odd Nostalgia of a New “Catch-22” 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z

The baby sitter, who doubles as a professional clown, arrived, enabling the couple to head to the screening. Encounters : Shannon Plumb, A Brooklyn Life On the Big Screen 2013-08-28T23:14:51Z

In his teens, he used to sneak into the tent to watch the performance, particularly fascinated by the clown acts. Indian circuses struggle to adapt after court bans 2013-05-17T06:56:08Z

Known as the Gran Circo Mexico, this struggling caravan of lions, llamas, clowns and contortionists is constantly on the move. | 'Circo': Big Top as Family Business 2011-04-01T00:06:01Z

But I do know that for her, and for many people around the world, Pennywise has become the reason that clowns are scary. Fears of a clown: why the original It will always be the best 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z

The seventh season of American Horror Story will apparently involve an election storyline, scary clowns and Lena Dunham. Here Are All the Trailers From Comic-Con 2017 2017-07-23T04:00:00Z

Those who might wish to caricature him as a cartoonist or a clown will be disappointed by the refined and generous Modern housing he recently designed in Amsterdam. Much of a Dutchness: the Hotel Inntel Zaandam 2010-03-31T20:30:00Z

Carell — still part clown, now part tragedian — may or may not be telling the truth when he says there was no conscious decision to rebrand himself. So long, Michael Scott. Here comes Steve Carell, Serious Actor. 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z

Morecambe And Wise At the heart of the double act lies the tried and tested formula of a straight man who serves up the gags for the clown to bat away. Six to Watch: Comedy double acts 2010-11-23T12:33:00Z

It’s talky and clumsy, alternating between self-importance and clowning. ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ Review: They Fought the Law 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z

A tacky chair in a trailer park looks “like a clown had vomited on it”; a small-time crook is “as slick as two eels in a bucketful of snot.” A Roaring, Full-Throttle Thriller, Crackling With Tension and Charm 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z

When we moved to Baltimore, Future Islands was the serious kid in a class full of class clowns. How Baltimore and a Viral ‘Letterman’ Moment Pushed Future Islands to ‘The Far Field’ 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z

“I’m funny how? Funny, like I’m a clown? Do I amuse you?” The Restrained Genius of a Joe Pesci Performance 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z

Then the group was joined by the veteran clown Bill Irwin. Review: A ‘Nutcracker’ Taps and Swings 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z

“Clowns,” he added, “are a reflection of society. And right now the scary clown is sort of where we are.” David Arquette Spray Paints Bozo in Brooklyn 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z

Maya is a goofy class clown, Anna is a keen singer with a fractious home life; both have very prominent braces. The stars of Pen15 on playing their teenage selves: ‘It seems like torture’ 2020-10-10T04:00:00Z

It doesn’t take much for clowns to be creepy — the unnatural colors and rictus grins do the heavy lifting — an effect that’s been exploited by schlock horror for eons. What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in August 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z

As the train progressed, and attendants poured open-bar cupfuls of sparkling wine, hired talent made their way through the aisles and the hurtling train took on the aspect of a clown car. A Train Links Fashion Capitals, But Divides Passengers 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z

“I’m an actor, not a clown,” he said more than once. Gene Wilder Dies at 83; Star of ‘Willy Wonka’ and ‘Young Frankenstein’ 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z

It also required you to write an essay that asked with which clown, living or dead, you’d most like to share a cotton candy. I flunked out of clown school 2012-07-03T00:00:00Z

“It should literally just be what you think you are. If at that moment you feel like being a clown, be a clown. If at that moment you feel like being serious, be serious.” Who Is the Ion Pack? 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z

There were clowns who work so frequently that they claim “entertainer” on their tax returns, and those who, after retiring from foolish office jobs, perform on holidays and summer weekends, peak time for clowning. It’s the worst time in history to be a clown. They just want you to love them again. 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z

Today, they intend to further underscore their historical amnesia by voting for circus clown and pathological liar, Donald Trump. An abuse of power like the U.S. has never seen: The White House under President Trump 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z

Influenced by silent clowning, Edwardian film and author-illustrators such as Edward Gorey, the company's work blends live acting with animated film. Bright new things 2011-02-13T00:02:02Z

Even the continual costume changes contribute: jumpsuits, sequins, masks, clown noses. Keely Garfield Draws on Kate Bush at Danspace Project 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z

“Rusty Nails is a really bad name for a Christian clown,” Barry said. Groening and Barry Take New York 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z

In his improvisation, Sollima, who is both a post-Minimalist composer championed by Philip Glass and a specialist in Baroque music, was cellist as inspired clown. At USC and Disney Hall, finding the body and soul of the cello 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z

There were things we wanted to get into that aren't clowns coming out of a car. Bidding farewell to "Grace and Frankie": "We wanted people to cry at least at one point" 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z

“I’ve loved clowning since the third grade,” she says, sitting with her mother in a hotel convention room, missing a week of school to take workshops and learn from the veterans. It’s the worst time in history to be a clown. They just want you to love them again. 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z

A coulrophobe’s nightmare, the garish sign outside hints at the bizarreness within: the lobby is packed with clowns watching your every move, while clown figures on the bedroom doors await your arrival. Kitsch American motels: readers’ tips 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z

Owing as much to anarchic circus clowning and slapstick as to avant-garde theatre, Dada and Fluxus , these antics have featured flying food, Punch and Judy-style puppetry, live animals – even exploding vegetables. Artist of the week 2010-08-04T16:33:00Z

“These are grown men who put on makeup and try to entertain children,” Mr. Skarsgard said of professional clowns. Bill Skarsgard Talks About ‘It’ and Giving His Family a Scare 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z

He was the center of attention and could tell jokes, and thought of himself as a clown and a caricature. “You have naked bodies and genitalia, don’t you? Why are you so adolescent?”: Director Peter Greenaway on “Puritan” Americans and the intense sex scenes in “Eisenstein in Guanajuato” 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z

Gaulier has been teaching clowns for about half a century, but his stature has grown in recent years, becoming an influential and divisive figure of considerable mystique, the Dumbledore of round red noses. The Dumbledore of Clowning 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z

Mr. Morse earned a reputation as the class clown in high school, where a sympathetic music teacher helped him transfer his energy from the classroom to the theater. Robert Morse, Impish Tony-Winning Comedy Star, Is Dead at 90 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z

"You saw that clown yesterday on the Statue of Liberty?" he told the crowd. Trump, unhinged in Montana, mocks #MeToo movement 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z

There's the Innocent, "a naive but charming clown, striving to find his own place in the world"; the Trickster, "the creator and supreme master of the world of Kooza", and the zany King of Fools. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner; Kooza/Cirque du Soleil – review 2013-01-13T00:05:32Z

She said the play wasn't really about the history of clowning. 'Humor Abuse': life from a clown's POV 2011-10-03T21:32:04Z

I keep going back to the clown images — you can tell I’m really disturbed by them. Cate Blanchett and Cindy Sherman: Secrets of the Camera Chameleons 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z

Why do stand-up comics cede this market to clowns and magicians? A 7-Year-Old Walks Into a Stand-Up Club ... 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z

It was like the sad clown or the tears of a clown. Behind the Death of Dr. Fredric Brandt, Cosmetic Dermatologist to the Stars 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z

“What are you,” I started, to Glen Stewart, not really thinking through this sentence, which would inevitably end: “A clown?” Fit in my 40s: roll up! Roll up! It’s time to master circus skills | Zoe Williams 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z

Upon examining the history of the American circus, it almost seems as if the period in the 20th century when clowns were beloved by children deviated from the norm. The creepy clown emerged from the crass and bawdy circuses of the 19th century 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z

Scenarists are the ones who write to order – genre novels, stories serialised on mobiles, multimedia packages – and clowns are performers, like stand-up comedians, who do a blog here, a reading there. Tolstoy's great estate 2010-11-20T00:07:00Z

He was no academic star but loved to play the clown, which led to frequent suspensions and eventual expulsion from school in his senior year. A Hard-Hitting Role That?s Close to Home 2011-05-25T15:10:54Z

King's 1986 novel, "It," featured a monster who appears in human form as a murderous clown named Pennywise who terrorized a group of young children. Stephen King says people shouldn't be afraid of clowns. Right 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z

There’s a forlornness to some of these clowns, and a loneliness. Review: ‘Slava’s Snowshow’ Delivers Flurries of Joy 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z

He was an intellectual, a clown, a poet, a hell-raiser, a cynic, a believer, a softhearted Slav, an angel, a person who drank too much. Jane Birkin salutes former lover Serge Gainsbourg 2011-11-29T04:42:53Z

It’s no laughing matter for a industry that is still trying to recover from the devastating effects of 2016’s global “killer clown” craze, which saw people don clown costumes to scare passers-by. No laughing matter: clowns brace for impact of Stephen King's It 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z

Whether you actually want to see a movie where a deranged circus clown clad in bishop's robes disfigures his own face with a hot iron -- that part is up to you. Pick of the week: A killer clown takes on fascism 2011-08-19T01:01:00Z

“Give me an eighth,” said the next, like a clown. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Think my poems are lowbrow? All of these are based on science jokes. 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z

Round a corner and out pops a slick airbrushed portrait of a demonic clown, or a biohazard symbol on a green and black gradient, scratched like a school desk. Anne Imhof, Dancing in the Ruins 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z

It's hard for a man to look cool whilst wearing clown make up and a nurse's uniform but this popular scene from The Dark Knight proves it can be done. Clip joint: rooftops 2010-08-11T15:01:00Z

In that sense, the title “Comedian” is ironic — for Mr. Cattelan, like all the best clowns, is a tragedian who makes our certainties as slippery as a banana peel. A (Grudging) Defense of the $120,000 Banana 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z

She looks like a Weimar-era clown, and also perfectly at peace. Bill Cunningham’s Favorite Muse 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z

The question also represents a metafictional clowning on the book’s part. Susan Choi’s “Trust Exercise” and the Question of Appropriating Other People’s Lives as Fiction 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z

Case of the Kidnappings and the Scared Island Like the child-killing clown in Stephen King’s “It,” the bogyman known as Cropsey was, to the children of Staten Island, a morphing symbol of evil. | 'Cropsey': Joshua Zeman and Barbara Broncaccio Look at Kidnappings 2010-06-04T02:02:00Z

The show finds itself both critiquing the fear of the Other and–what with its murderous clown and various other bloody twists–feeding that same fear. REVIEW: Freaks and Shrieks on American Horror Story: Freak Show 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z

After arriving, many of the Juggalos paint their faces with heavy clown makeup, indulge in drugs and alcohol, attend concerts of Insane Clown Posse acolytes and hop on amusement park rides. The Gathering of the Juggalos, Now in Its 17th Year 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z

Cameron was raised on a farm, is a trained clown and is currently a stay-at-home father to Lily. Modern Family: get up to speed with series four 2012-10-05T12:19:20Z

Things turn chaotic when word comes down: Because of time constraints, the somber drama in which she is to star will not play back to back, but simultaneously, with a troupe of clowns. Review: A Soprano’s Sound Floods the Met in ‘Ariadne’ 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z

Circuses are single, controlled shows built around animals, clowns and trapeze artists: You sit and watch. See the Real Live Man Who Grew Up in a Carnival 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z

“We looked at hundreds of George Carlin photos, and in front of the camera he always makes these goofball, ‘class clown’ photos. Museums Special Section: In Washington, 100 Examples of the Epitome of Cool 2014-03-19T20:36:17Z

Mr. Lane and Ms. Nielsen, natural clowns, at times push the clown side of the equation too hard, at the expense of the fool. Review: Taylor Mac’s ‘Gary’ Finds Hope and Humor on a Pile of Corpses 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z

I’m saying I would love to see women also have opportunities to be complete clowns. ‘Grumpy Old Women’? Five filmmakers suggest the gender-swap remakes they want to see. 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z

Like many of Mr. Attenborough’s movies, the story of Chaplin, the lowly born clown who defied the odds by achieving world renown, celebrated courage and endeavor. Richard Attenborough, Actor, Director and Giant of British Cinema, Dies at 90 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z

But no matter where the fictional story is set or when it arrives, this retelling of a Shakespeare classic by a modern-day Chicano clown is a delightful mash-up of curiously compatible cultural sensibilities. Delightful 'El Henry' is a multicultural mash-up 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z

I also went to an all-girls convent school, so the cleverest person was a girl, the sports hero was a girl, the class clown was a girl. Lisa McGee Found it Hard to Say Goodbye to Her ‘Derry Girls’ 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z

For good measure, she threw in “If You Lived With the Circus,” written to satisfy the curiosities of her son, whose excursions to the circus had prompted him to ask if clowns were always funny. Ann McGovern, author of ‘Stone Soup’ and other children’s books, dies at 85 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z

This movie, along with its titular evil clown, might have been decent with a sufficient budget. The 15 scariest on-screen clowns, from worst to best 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z

A little after noon on a Wednesday, in costume for a photo shoot, a gaggle of them stood onstage with Mr. Bayes at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center in Brooklyn, clowning for the camera. The Professor of Pratfalls 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z

“Speaking of clowns,” she remarked after delivering a hearty rendition of “Send In the Clowns,” “I happened to marry two.” Music Review: Dream Girl of Musicals Dreams On 2011-03-16T21:57:22Z

“I get phone calls and messages on social media asking ‘are you a scary clown’? No laughing matter: clowns brace for impact of Stephen King's It 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z

But it would be irresponsible to consider him a clown or aberration given his hold on power and the ideologues who support him. Are the politics of “incivility” paving the road to an American fascism? Part 1 of 2 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z

Basically, it’s all I want to do, to be a clown in the French circus. Lauren Ambrose Just Wants to Go to French Clown School 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z

Another shows a clown giving a little girl a balloon with the caveat, "But remember, you're responsible for your own happiness." New Yorker cartoonist Leo Cullum dies at 68 2010-10-26T03:25:00Z

At home, the director once painted a clown face on her while she was sleeping, anticipating her shock when she awoke the next morning and first looked in a mirror. Pat Hitchcock, daughter of Alfred Hitchcock, dead at 93 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z

“I was trying to tell a younger generation of teachers that this doesn’t work for some clowns.” The Dumbledore of Clowning 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z

Is it safer from clowns and the water they spray so cavalierly? Review: ‘Slava’s Snowshow’ Delivers Flurries of Joy 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z

I was a clown in the classroom, getting into fights and trouble in the classroom. Han who? Sung Kang on his new "Snakehead" bad boy: "Even his hairstyle – he's overcompensating" 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z

Dressed as prim students in perfect pleated uniforms, the actresses endearingly unleash their inner clowns. ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’: There’s life in the warhorse yet 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z

Drama was the downfall of the Aganovich show, which started with a man in white clown makeup reenacting an interview with the artist Francis Bacon, turning the event into more performance art than fashion show. Special Report: Fashion: Summer 2012 Fashion in Paris: All But Floating Off 2011-09-28T17:39:33Z

Maya is more extroverted, a class clown with a manic side that she uses as an all-purpose defense mechanism — most affectingly when Maya, who’s Japanese-American, is picked on by a clique of racist mean girls. Review: ‘PEN15’ Goes Crudely, Sweetly Back to School 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z

Finally there’s the irritating concept, epitomized by Ugo Rondinone’s “dog days are over,” which has a large, live person in a clown costume hanging out in the park on Friday afternoons. Art Review: ‘Lightness of Being’ Group Show at City Hall Park 2013-08-22T22:01:07Z

Tonally, it lives somewhere between “Pulp Fiction” and Steven Soderbergh’s “Ocean’s” movies, in a sun-dappled land where using a grenade launcher to mow down American soldiers — or a cavalcade of clowns — is a lighthearted romp. Video Game Review: Grand Theft Auto V Is a Return to the Comedy of Violence 2013-09-16T14:04:49Z

The lines are corny, but that's part of the point — clowns, after all, are not known for their cutting edge comedy. The case for Tim Curry's Pennywise 2019-09-14T04:00:00Z

People think clowns are daft, but clowns have to be cleverer than other people. Fortune: Bremner and Sergeant tributes 2013-12-31T16:35:25Z

Its specialities are che, these milky and icy treats that can hide a clown car of flavoring agents: chewy jellies, sweet fruits, starchy beans and more. The hunt for the D.C. area’s best cheap-eats hotbeds: Eden Center 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z

“Irish water spaniels are known as the clown of the gundog breed, and he’s no exception,” she says. Crufts uncovered: ‘Dog people look like hairdressers with very small clients’ 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z

Trump is reduced in this case to a rude clown rather than a dangerous authoritarian who now happens to be in control of the most powerful nation on the planet. Are the politics of “incivility” paving the road to an American fascism? Part 1 of 2 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z

Lewis scrapped the problematic film — in which he stars as the eponymous clown in a Nazi concentration camp tasked with entertaining children-detainees before they entered the gas chambers — before it reached theaters. The movie Jerry Lewis never wanted anyone to see: You can now watch 30 mins of “The Day the Clown Cried” 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z

“I thought he was talking about me. But then I followed his eyes and there was a clown, with purple hair and a red nose.” David Sedaris, Dressed Up With Nowhere to Go 2020-06-20T04:00:00Z

Playing the character in a tutu and clown nose, the endearing Maryam Najafzada does a sendup of a “Swan Lake” solo, shedding a snowstorm of feathers. Review | A clowning ‘Cyrano’ without words? That’s how Synetic Theater rolls. 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z

Even as Internet videos still circulate showing the entertainer clowning on stage in skimpy costumes, "Sweet Micky," now repackaged in a sober suit and tie, outlined his ambitious plans. Pop star reborn as statesman vows renewal in Haiti 2011-04-07T22:22:51Z

In the film, directed by Todd Phillips with choreography by Michael Arnold, Arthur, who suffers from mental illness and is damaged from abuse and bullying, works as a party clown. This Joker’s a Dancer, Too 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z

On Nov. 19 a sale run by Theriault’s Antique Doll Auctions at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel will offer automata including musicians, courtiers and clowns. Antiques: Shenanigans of Folk Art Collecting; Art Nouveau Nudes 2011-11-03T21:08:07Z

In fact, I always try to remind folks that today's clowns are serious artists with an enormous amount of training in their craft. The creepy clown emerged from the crass and bawdy circuses of the 19th century 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z

Traditionally, great clowns were born into circus families. The wisdom of clowns 2011-03-17T07:59:00Z

“The clowns are going to die,” Mr. Shiner says. Arts & Leisure: How Do You Make a Whole Show Fly? 2011-06-08T12:00:00Z

But what I think is a trickier aspect of this trend is how to wear brightly colored separates without looking or feeling like a clown. How to wear the acid brights this spring 2011-04-14T21:04:52Z

Despite periodic alarms over dwindling numbers, clown cars remain packed, but the landscape has darkened, the mood heavier. The Tears (and Fears) of a Clown 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z

Dating offers clowns, clown wannabes and clown lovers a place to chat, have fun and arrange dates. 9 of the quirkiest online dating sites 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z

Pull the cobwebs close, let the skeletons dance, keep the clowns well fed and perhaps we’ll meet again some marigold morning. Scary Novels From Nick Lake, Kenneth Oppel and Roseanne A. Brown 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z

The groundlings, they love the body humor, they love the clowns, they love the love stories and the battles. Women's empowerment is not "kicking ass in bikinis": Julie Taymor on what real feminism looks like 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z

I've been a clown myself, and insulting disabled people is never funny. Rant & Rave: Conventioneers like our unconventional kindness 2011-08-03T21:40:05Z

These clowns want ‘forgive and forget’ but I guess they are just so stupid that they will stir up the ‘forget’ part of that duo. The World's Most Popular Cars Are Changing 2011-12-26T04:24:40Z

They also pop into a clown school in Paris and hike trails in New York over the course of the eight-part series, which is loosely organized around themes. Perspective | Is this feminism? What to make of the new shows from Hillary and Meghan. 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z

Day after day the fate of the country is eroded by this clown of president. Immigration Inquiry Draws Protest at Tom Cat Bakery 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z

The Staten Island Children’s Museum investigates the connections at this annual event, which includes robotics demonstrations, Lego engineering, a solar-powered racecar and clowning devoted to the science of the circus. Spare Times for Children for June 5-11 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z

“We were driving across America as the election was taking shape. At that point Trump seemed a joke, a macabre clown who could never be president,” Jarecki says. Shake, rattle and Rolls: across America in the shadow of Elvis 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z

It’s gentrifying, as one resident put it – a resident who spent his October dressed up as an evil clown to scare the tourists at one of Salem’s haunted houses. Which way for Witch City? Is Salem losing its spookiness? 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z

The video opens with actor Michael Rapaport as an everyman clown leaving for work. Snoop Dogg points toy gun at a clown dressed as Donald Trump in new video 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z

As for “It,” King’s novel concerns a supernatural being that terrorizes seven children, often in the form of a clown. The secrets to making great Stephen King movies 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z

Regardless, we shouldn’t shame them for their clowning. From killer clowns to juggalos: Baskets' guide to identifying your inner clown 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z

As the performance begins, the air is thick with haze, and the tattered, soot-smeared clowns onstage are very sorry. ‘Burning Bluebeard' Becomes a Holiday Tradition in Chicago 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z

He found a safe place: playing the clown. Motherlode Blog: Raising, and Understanding, the Class Clown 2014-03-05T22:16:39Z

Unsurprisingly, there's no shortage of clowning in their live shtick: at one gig, says Chambers, "we had a giant lump of hash running around and someone dressed as a Garda chasing it." The Rubberbandits: comedy, prank CDs ... and the IRA 2013-01-16T18:33:59Z

There, the clown provides entertainment to Jewish children — and is maneuvered into shepherding them into a gas chamber. ‘The Day the Clown Cried’: Why Jerry Lewis’s Lost Holocaust Film Is Still Lost 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z

According to Oliver, Trump’s campaign has succeeded at that, even as the rest of his campaign was “the political equivalent of a bigoted clown’s blazing funeral fire.” John Oliver to Donald Trump: 'Drop Out' 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z

Gregory Maupin is a Louisville-based actor who is a graduate of Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre and works, as he describes, "mainly in the worlds of physical comedy, clown and Shakespeare." "Larger than life, but still true": Where Pee-wee Herman fits in the history of American clowns 2023-08-06T04:00:00Z

Plays, concerts and clown acts are scheduled throughout the summer. Top places in Europe to take the kids include Copenhagen, castles and a real magic kingdom 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z

Extreme Fighting with Robson Green, we may have to rethink the affable geordie clown. Last night's TV 2011-01-24T07:59:00Z

The life-sized sculpture showing the Ronald McDonald clown on a cross has been at the center of an exhibition about consumerism and religion. Israeli museum to drop 'McJesus' sculpture after protests 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z

Other interesting careers: clown, detective and “imagineer,” or someone who builds rides at Disney World. April Class of KidsPost: Terraset Elementary second-graders 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z

That killer clown postcard turned out to be bankrolled by dark money, which the Republican state senator Llew Jones defines here as “advertising where you don’t know who’s paying for the ads.” Review: Tracking ‘Dark Money’ in Montana Elections 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z

Edinburgh's streets are awash with visitors, buskers, magicians, clowns, impromptu theatricals, jugglers and other entertainers in a clamorous kaleidoscope of colors, sounds and people in outrageous costumes touting for audiences. Frenzied Edinburgh Festival Fringe grows again for 2013 2013-05-30T15:58:22Z

Expect clowns, elephants, lions and simple controls that won't stump children as young as three years old. The 50 best apps for children 2012-08-04T16:24:08Z

They settled on 33­ toys: firetrucks, boats, planes, horse-drawn wagons, acrobats, clowns and a Ferris wheel. Smithsonian tells a toy story that goes back more than a century 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z

Muster the money troubles, the love troubles, the antic clowning, the bone-crushing despair, the inchoate longings for art or truth or just a trip to Moscow. ‘The Seagull’ Brings Chekhov’s Doleful Comedy to Cinemas 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z

Scary clown sightings have trickled in from around the country since the early 1980s, when “stranger danger” first became the national concern that launched a thousand social panics. Don’t fear the creeper: Those weird clowns are just a social delusion 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z

When Tracy Morgan isn't clowning on the NBC show, he's doing one or two live shows a night in comedy clubs. Can a live "30 Rock" succeed? 2010-10-14T16:40:00Z

He is a clown, a serial loser with a David Bowie mullet that was already out of style in 1992. Dennis Leary's 'Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll' shows some promise 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z

Scenes like this have a stand-alone power, infusing Wilde’s witticisms and clowning with tragic import and repositioning them as a bulwark against the hypocrisies of the age and the indignities of decline. Review: In His Last Years, Oscar Wilde Is Far From ‘The Happy Prince’ 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z

Photograph: Alastair Muir/Rex Features Supposedly they've gone back to the origins of clowning, but for me it was far too lengthy. On my radar: Arlene Phillips 2013-02-02T10:00:00Z

He’s surrounded by merry clowns who portray politicians and populace alike in the antic, goofball style of “Saturday Night Live” sketches. Theatrical Stumbles of Historic Proportions 2010-12-10T16:02:00Z

These clowns, suffice it to say, weren't for kids. The creepy clown emerged from the crass and bawdy circuses of the 19th century 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z

Then maybe you’ll want to consider a fun clown costume this Halloween. 5 Halloween pet costume ideas that are quick and easy to put together 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z

The photographer Justin J Wee, with a series of self-portraits, sought to evoke “a sad clown,” caught under the lights at closing time. Some Like It Not: Are Men in Dresses Still Funny? 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z

Circus historian Janet Davis notes that some of these performances included clowns in drag "playing gender-bending pranks on dumbfounded men who expected to see nude women." The creepy clown emerged from the crass and bawdy circuses of the 19th century 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z

Furthermore, assuming this clown – who, funnily enough, is a real and elected official – is serious with his fear mongering let me try to quell some of the crazy. Gays hate apple pie! 2013-04-01T19:13:00Z

Whiteman, an incorrigible clown looking very much like Oliver Hardy, hardly gives the impression of a sophisticated musician and an inspired conductor, but he unquestionably was. ‘King of Jazz’ now playing — once again — in living Technicolor 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z

With clown whiteface and corkscrew hair, they are many kinds of twins. Baryshnikov sings, Dafoe dances in avant-garde 'Old Woman' 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z

The production included a coyly doleful sub-Chaplin clown figure who put on a red nose now and then, but that was about as vulnerable as the show got. At Flamenco Festival, Finding the Force Beneath the Glitz 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z

There, in an empty room paneled with images of enormous clowns, Highway hears a voice. Valeria Luiselli's 'The Story of My Teeth' is a collision of storytelling, lying and art 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z

“I’ve said it before, and I mean it in the nicest possible way, but talking to Pete could be like walking through a minefield wearing a pair of clown shoes. And a blindfold.” Who’s Next? Roger Daltrey 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z

My first reaction was, are they clowning me? John Cho, Sulu of ‘Star Trek Beyond,’ Navigates a Beckoning Universe 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z

“As much bumbling clown as muscular force to be reckoned with, by turns endearing and commanding,” Dominic Cavendish wrote of “Misty” in The Daily Telegraph after it transferred to the West End. Four Rising Theater Stars to Watch This Spring 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z

A clown’s zipper was broken, a wad of hot-pink Silly Putty had just come dangerously close to the costumes, and the littlest girl in the Chinese dance needed to go to the bathroom. ‘The Nutcracker’: Fairies and tulle onstage, total nuts backstage 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z

During the concert, the Chicks’ performance of “Ready to Run” was accompanied by video screens with goofy animated images of all the candidates, crosscut with shots of clowns and hot dogs. The Dixie Chicks, Long Past Making Nice 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z

Jem's life is a bit crazy, her Dad's a full time clown and her Mum owns a cafe. Six Words and A Wish by Karen McCombie - review 2013-04-20T11:00:00Z

The video depicts the police and politicians as clowns. Snoop Dogg points toy gun at a clown dressed as Donald Trump in new video 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z

They clown around, try a hat on for size and direct dopey grins at the camera. 'Bin Laden doesn't do jokes' 2010-04-30T23:10:00Z

The clowning was, like, the greatest I’ve ever seen in my life. Lauren Ambrose Just Wants to Go to French Clown School 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z

“It was sort of like a clown house,” Mr. Grande said. Two Self-Described Nerds Walk Into a Club … 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z

The only mystery here is how long the clown menace will continue to be a story before it fades from popular consciousness, like satanic ritual abuse, recovered memories and razor blade-stuffed apples before it. Don’t fear the creeper: Those weird clowns are just a social delusion 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z

The new vaudevillians, like Bill Irwin and David Shiner who emerged in the 1980s and ’90s, aimed to reinvigorate clowning by deconstructing or winking at classic tropes. Make Way for the Carnal Clowns of Stand-Up 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z

At an advance screening Thursday night, touchstone sights — those closet doors; that demented clown puppet — drew sighs and scattered applause when they first appeared. Review: In ‘Poltergeist,’ They’re Baaack, With GPS and Flat Screens 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z

From clown obsessions to basement death traps, here are six disturbing revelations from the series: The 6 most disturbing John Wayne Gacy moments from Netflix's "Conversations with a Killer" 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z

But on the other hand, its swirling pop-concert lights and overproduced sound make it seem like a wannabe cousin of “Pitch Perfect” and “The Voice,” even as the buddies clown around. Review | ‘The Choir of Man’ invites you into a pub for a sticky singalong 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z

The performer hits the sweet spot several times in his oddball solo show “The Object Lesson,” running at Studio Theatre as a kind of deadpan clown piece amid stacks and stacks of cardboard boxes. Clowning around with yesterday’s junk in ‘The Object Lesson’ 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z

"Once they hit me until I couldn't breathe. They left me on the ground and when I woke up I was locked in the pinocho," said an 11-year-old child called "Payasito", or "little clown". Rape, hunger and nameless kids at squalid children's home in Mexico 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z

After studying drama in Manchester, he worked in radio and on theatre, building a reputation as a Shakespearean clown. Harry Potter actor Richard Griffiths dies after surgery 2013-03-29T13:17:51Z

Something about the election just said, “Where are smart clowns? Where do we get some relief?” Eric McCormack Has Two Passports. And Two TV Lives to Match. 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z

Mark Farrelly is buoyantly funny as a vain celebrity lawyer who helicopters in to destroy the charges brought by the litigious clown, played by Helen Mortimer with a touching solemnity. Drowning on Dry Land - review 2011-02-27T17:58:03Z

Performed by a hard-working troupe of whey-faced clowns or wise fools, this show is always better on irony than on optimism. Utopia – review 2012-06-27T16:53:45Z

He is not paid a living wage for his work as a clown. "Joker": A harsh indictment of neoliberalism and gangster capitalism 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z

Critics rightly called the story a “puff piece” — eight pages featuring photos of him in drag and dressed as a Harlequin clown. Civilities: Why Milo Yiannopoulos is a man to be feared. (It’s not why you think.) 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z

There’s the carefully plotted clowning of the grand goofball Rob Torres, whose mischief displays his skills as a hat tosser, cup juggler and world-class crybaby in search of audience succor. | The Big Apple Circus's 'Dance On!': Strong Arms, Fast Hands, Supple Spines and, of Course, Clowns 2010-10-27T21:46:00Z

Corden is the chief clown, playing a down-at-his-heels manservant who overtaxes his limited mental capacity by simultaneously working for two demanding bosses. 'One Man, Two Guvnors' earns back its investment 2012-08-22T18:31:05Z

I opened the door and out sprang a small mountain of extra pillows like clowns from a car. This Life: The Pillow Explosion Buries America 2012-02-11T01:08:02Z

“I guess that clown thought the slogan was ‘Hang Mike’s Pants.’ Style Invitational Week 1429: Yuk of the draw — winning cartoon captions 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z

The glorification of this mindset continues to fuel a generation of empty-headed armed clowns posing as protectors. It's time to cancel Batman — for good 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z

It’s a marriage made in hell, or at least in purgatory: These two clowns epitomize the disordered state of the American psyche, circa 2016, almost too perfectly. Ryan Lochte, Donald Trump and the steep decline of American democracy 2016-08-20T04:00:00Z

It looks like Pennywise the Clown will soon be back to make audiences fear clowns for years to come. True Detective Director to Film Adaptation of Stephen King's It 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z

The father of my grandfather was a clown working in the circus, so I try to keep the good tradition of showbusiness alive. Sébastien Tellier: 'In France we are very free with sex' 2012-05-30T14:51:48Z

Mothers and fathers had spent the previous year dispensing reassurances that the authoritarian clown was bad, yes, but that he wouldn’t win against Hillary Clinton. A Trump Biography for Teens Is a New Lens on the President’s Totalizing Awfulness 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z

When he laughs, though, he sticks out his tongue like a class clown and lets his shoulders rise up toward his ears. A Fine Italian Hand 2010-10-11T18:30:00Z

Business is down because people haven’t been so quick to hire professional clowns for birthday parties and community events. The tears of a (real) clown: All the insane clown hysteria is giving us a bad name 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z

When I need to be sitting down It will shoot me with seltzer like a clown ... Style Invitational Week 1347: Reologisms — we search for meaner meaning 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z

In the early days the clown helped tell the story; in “Zarkana” the narrative is propelled by someone who seems more like the lead of a conventional musical. Arts & Leisure: How Do You Make a Whole Show Fly? 2011-06-08T12:00:00Z

“I always despised the class clown. ‘Sit down, it’s not funny.’” ‘I always despised the class clown’: Comedian Sebastian Maniscalco is coming to Seattle 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z

The train reappears, and the little clown practically helicopters with happiness. Review: ‘The Farmer and the Clown,’ by Marla Frazee

His trade – classically trained clowning, coupled with some disarmingly well-acted vignettes – might sound a bit highbrow, but Burgers is funny. TV listings and previews: plan your week's viewing - 19-23 November 2012-11-19T07:00:00Z

His campaign Twitter account had this to say last Thursday: “From interviewing clowns, to creating fake ‘posts’ the media continues to down spiral as their attempt to smear me fails. He lost to George Santos. Now he’s trying to make up for it. 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z

Bozo is long gone, but after a brainstorming session with longtime O.C. residents, it became clear that the clown — dubbed “Booze-o” in “Ping Pong Summer” — needed to be represented. ‘Ping Pong Summer’ showcases an Ocean City that hasn’t changed much since 1985

In the 45-minute play, a strange girl bristling with spines approaches two clowns who are working on an original circus piece. American artists find meaning in the fall of the Berlin Wall

Instead, the director, Matt Hullum, allows them to just clown around. Review: In ‘Lazer Team,’ Bickering Losers Try to Save the World 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z

And somehow an absurdist view of the world emerged, one where a morose clown could say on the telephone, “What’s the next best medicine?” Charles Barsotti, New Yorker cartoonist known for his simplicity, dies at 80

The clown’s final exclamation in the poem reclaims a sought-after selfhood. “The Black Clown” Beautifully Reconfigures a Langston Hughes Poem 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z

And sure enough, there was the archive of Bobby Clark and Paul McCullough, a pair of Ohio friends who performed as clowns in the early 20th century. At a Rare Book Fair, the Prices Are Steep but the Lore Is Free 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z

Gacy took it upon himself to dress up as a clown at Illinois Democratic Party events. The 6 most disturbing John Wayne Gacy moments from Netflix's "Conversations with a Killer" 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z

It’s a clown car of demented language, delivered with psychotic enthusiasm and nary a steadying voice. Two Comedy Writers Take “Face/Off” to a New Level of Weirdness 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z

The exhaustive Simpsons Wiki page states that the storyline of A Clown in the Dumps involves Krusty merely retiring as a clown. Krusty the Clown: the greatest Simpsons character ever? 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z

When I was in first grade, Mom entered me in my first clown contest at Lansburgh’s Department Store’s Clown Breakfast. Perspective | I won clown contests as a kid. It didn’t win me friends, but it showed me I could do anything. 2020-11-28T05:00:00Z

He’s allergic to anything that smacks of pretension, which inevitably inspires one of his favorite expressions: “of my balls,” as in Slava is a “poetic clown of my balls.” The Dumbledore of Clowning 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z

By now, the clown is an old man, infirm, perhaps a drunk. Poem of the week: When that I was and a little tiny boy by William Shakespeare 2013-04-01T09:33:58Z

While he clowns and inhales his own smoke rings for the camera, his father, with whom he recently reconciled, has been in the hospital in Denver. Don’t Call Him Machine Gun Kelly 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z

And again, even more troubled waters survived, and again, until it seems that somehow this clown will, against all odds, complete his journey, arrive at the pool of plenty. Boris Johnson: The Irresistible Rise; Wodehouse In Exile – TV review 2013-03-26T07:00:03Z

This year, the house brings attractions like “Maggot Invasion” and “Hannibal’s Hell” as well as killer clowns and a paranormal battlefield. Spooky Season Has Arrived in New York. Here’s What’s on Our List. 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z

The closest comparison is perhaps French Stewart, the dim-witted nasal clown from TV show 3rd Rock from the Sun. Jay Baruchel: 'We're being reduced to a planet of serfs' 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z

The only job he can get in his chosen profession is as a misunderstood rodeo clown. Louis CK and Zach Galifianakis’s Baskets: tears and rages of a clown 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z

The class clown was now playing a young man who had killed a little boy. Miles Teller Does not need weed, is not ready for marriage 2014-03-12T21:49:33Z

Now we get a closer look at the clown prince of Gotham’s battle with Batman, and it looks like he’s using his beloved belle to entrap the Dark Knight. MTV's exclusive movie trailers: five things we learned 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z

We were so wowed by the fact that you’re sending the tweet to @madonna and @GwynethPaltrow and @RinglingBros that we lost the fact that you just secured your first booking as a yoga clown. Circa Now: To Woo Twitter Followers, a Trail of Self-Promotional Tweets 2014-02-14T19:56:24Z

The boys squabbled about clowns again for a minute until the argument became ridiculous. Wilderness by Sarah Hall 2013-03-18T13:22:56Z

But Javier can't play the happy clown who makes children laugh, the way his father did; he's the sad clown, the permanent victim and butt of all the jokes. Pick of the week: A killer clown takes on fascism 2011-08-19T01:01:00Z

The mask, with its eyeholes, jagged nose and sinister clown mouth, is not to be missed. Art Review: Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes at the Frick Collection 2014-01-30T22:57:06Z

“If you put a turquoise suit on someone else, they would look like a clown. But on him, it’s doesn’t. It’s his personality. It’s also not caring about what other people say.” Lapo Elkann, Fiat Heir, Goes From Playboy to Bad Boy Again 2016-12-03T05:00:00Z

Larwood's odd physicality and impressive clowning instincts form part of his appeal as a comedian, but he's also got a real talent for big boffo gags – the filthier the better. Edinburgh fringe festival comedy special 2012-08-03T23:05:22Z

There's the wall of clowns in a continuum of happy-sad moods, one of them clutching a chimpanzee in a dress. L.A.'s Velveteria museum shows there's more to plush paintings than Elvis and clowns 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z

But even clowns must draw the line somewhere, and too much realism will sicken the toughest audience.” ArtsBeat: A New Honor for the Hatchet Job 2012-01-30T20:18:52Z

If you know the work of Mr. Wilson — who several years ago transformed Mikhail Baryshnikov and Willem Dafoe into cryptic, interchangeable vaudeville clowns in “The Old Woman” — you should get the picture. Review: ‘Krapp’s Last Tape,’ a Melancholy Tone Poem 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z

Their first band, Inner City Posse, was without clown make-up. And God created controversy 2010-10-08T23:03:00Z

There were caring clowns who visit hospitals, ministry clowns who combine faith and silliness, birthday clowns and parading clowns. It’s the worst time in history to be a clown. They just want you to love them again. 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z

And I don’t know whether he is actually sincerely saying, ‘Great,’ or whether he’s going, ‘I have another script coming from this clown?’ James Gray and Joaquin Phoenix Reunite in ‘The Immigrant’ 2014-05-09T12:00:01Z

Visitors can go to shows at the big top, hear clowns explain how they create their red-nosed characters, and even learn from the performers themselves — including kids such as 15-year-old Makenna Cook. Coming soon to the Mall: A circus, and a chance to learn how it’s done 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z

Adam Sandler can make me cry harder than he’s ever made me laugh, the true test of a clown. 'I completely lost it': the movie scenes that made our writers weep 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z

“It’s called coffee, and I can’t get it because I have to wait for you to order for everyone in your millennial clown car.” Perspective | These TV shows have figured out Gen X’s greatest gift to society: Grouchiness 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z

Miraculously, the laptop survives the transition, and we fall asleep to Domingo's historic meta-tragedy about clowns. Going out by staying in: where to watch the arts online 2010-07-25T20:31:00Z

A third, a clown lamp, stood with soaring eyebrows and uplifted arms, supporting the lampshade. The 6 most disturbing John Wayne Gacy moments from Netflix's "Conversations with a Killer" 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z

This was because I looked like a green clown in a too big jacket that some advertising firm had rented, spattered with logos, and thrown out. Finders keepers: my favourite piece of clothing 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z

PLANE: The best way to travel coast to coast these days after train, clown car, unicycle and Plan D, canoe. Style Invitational Week 1319: The Tile Invitational VI 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z

But, hunting among the zeds, I decided to write about "zanies" in the sense of clowns, fools and comics. Z is for zanies 2012-06-05T13:46:31Z

Bill Skarsgard plays the clown like a manic-depressive imp, swinging from gleeful to sinister in the time it takes a balloon to pop. Reading Stephen King's 'It': Still unsettling, all these years later 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z

Steenburgen said De Niro was "incredibly dear and touching," Douglas "was so encouraging about doing a great job" and Kline was "our beautiful, magical, theatrical clown." Buddy comedy 'Last Vegas' hits jackpot with senior star wattage 2013-10-31T12:02:24Z

Scott Taylor, a packaging engineer for Avon by day, has worked at Headless Horseman for 10 years, with nine of them spent playing a very unsettling clown. When ‘Boo!’ Is Only the Beginning 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z

The attempts at comedy are largely woeful and, in the case of two clowns hurtling along in an out-of-control speedboat, heavily dependent on technology. Cirque du Soleil: Totem ? review 2011-01-06T21:31:01Z

“Monty Hall couldn’t make a deal unless it was, like, with a guy in a clown suit holding a purse.” Perspective | Trump insulted John McCain. We can only imagine which deceased figure might be next. 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z

“It started when someone asked who played Flunky the Clown,” Mr. Giller said, referring to a cigarette-smoking clown who made cameos on “Late Night.” David Letterman’s Unlikely Archivist 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z

A clown that kills people and is from another world. 10 Most Notable – and Often Creepy – Clowns in Pop Culture 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z

“A clown is what you do and what you are. I can no more change it than change the freckles on my face.” The tears of a (real) clown: All the insane clown hysteria is giving us a bad name 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z

He credits his Jesuit education for helping him productively channel his teenage aggression, but says he was never class clown. Rob McElhenney: 'I was fuelled by privilege, ignorance and testosterone' 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z

The new season of "American Horror Story" features a very disturbing killer clown, a vision out of many people's nightmares. Clown group upset over 'American Horror Story' 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

Fortunately for her clowning career, Taylor did not get the role. It’s the worst time in history to be a clown. They just want you to love them again. 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z

Stephen King’s evil clown Pennywise returns in the full trailer for this year’s big screen adaptation of It. Stephen King's child-killing clown returns in latest It trailer 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z

Ferrell, of course, clowns around the whole time he’s on the field, like a one-man Harlem Globetrotters, except with a mitt. Mocking the mockumentary: Will Ferrell gets meta in HBO baseball special 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z

Ms. Northan wears a clown’s red nose throughout the performance, but if you are chosen, call her a clown at your peril. Critic's Notebook: It?s Date Night, and Lots of Strangers Are Along for the Ride 2010-12-16T16:47:38Z

“You ask me if I’m a dissident. When really, I think, I’m more like a clown.” Controversial Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev: 'Dissident? I'm more of a clown' 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z

Dead birds, terrifying clowns, and gun-toting dogs were just some of the strange images that appear on cards from the era. 11 odd Victorian Christmas traditions 2021-12-18T05:00:00Z

Of the clown piece I mentioned earlier, “Clown Torture,” from 1987, he told me: “A lot of people can’t take it — but I still think it’s kind of nifty, pretty funny.” Bruce Nauman, Art Provocateur, Returns. Are You Ready? 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z

They are an eclectic bunch: there is the shy one, the fidget, the brain box, the cool dude and the class clown. How music helps children to deal with bereavement 2013-02-24T19:00:01Z

His best scenes, in fact, have most often been shared with other equal partners, from the explosive Ivanek on "Damages" to Galifianakis' narcissist clown on "Bored to Death." Ted Danson gambles comeback on "CSI" 2011-09-21T16:22:00Z

My house looks like it’s been attacked by clowns. Dick Van Dyke: 'Someone should have told me to work on my Cockney accent' 2016-12-17T05:00:00Z

The concept of the killer clowns was popularized by Stephen King in a book, which unfortunately I forget what he titled it. From killer clowns to juggalos: Baskets' guide to identifying your inner clown 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z

The stairs, located at 167th Street in the Bronx, appear in the movie when the titular character dances down them in full clown make-up. Instagrammers risk getting 'robbed' recreating 'Joker' scene: 'The Bronx is not a friendly place' 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z

An audience of prison officials and other inmates laugh and clap as the "actors" clown around. Acting up 2011-05-13T09:20:55Z

Tellingly, he was often offered the clown roles in the classical canon, heralding the fact that he would later make his greatest mark in comedy. Peter Sallis: veteran actor with charm, presence and an unmistakable voice 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z

Even as he earnestly puts on a show, “Solo” has a goofy, off-the-cuff humor, at times resembling clowning or mime. A Flamenco Star’s Percussive Mastery and Insouciant Subversions 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z

The most disturbing show on TV does not involve serial killers, ghosts or malevolent clowns. The stars of Pen15 on playing their teenage selves: ‘It seems like torture’ 2020-10-10T04:00:00Z

A single stroke bestowed elegance on a clown. Broadway Artists Talk About Their Work 2010-08-22T01:05:00Z

“Find out from Ken exactly what he meant about the husband or the guy in the clown suit walking down the street.” Hunting — and Haunted by — a Serial Killer 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z

And the Fox affiliate in Indianapolis reports that a man in a clown suit has been spotted lurking around the suburb of Fishers. Clown group upset over 'American Horror Story' 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

Fueled by laughs earned as class clown growing up in tiny Florence, Caleb realized by the time he hit his teens that he wanted more than his friends’ spontaneous approval. Rehab continues for comic wounded in shooting 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z

The emails were leaked by some clown calling himself “a cyber-security expert,” who has been on something of a crusade against the online activist collective Anonymous. Riot porn from Kanye and Jay-Z 2012-05-30T20:33:00Z

In another story a killer disguised in a baggy clown costume rushes into a tunnel and simply disappears. Review | Locked-room masterpieces from Japan are the perfect escape for summer 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z

Parrotfish swam alongside us, followed by a few clown fish. On the Costa Rican Coast, Finding Pura Vida on a Budget 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z

"I hope people see the real George and not the clown from 2009." The X Factor: Gary Barlow steps into Cowell's Mr Nasty role 2011-08-17T18:15:27Z

After all, what is there to convey about a comedian whose best bit is simply an uproarious impression of a clown horn? ‘Knock Knock, It’s Tig Notaro’: Wherever she goes, there she is 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z

The company brings a variety of acts, performed aboard the Gantry, “a giant bicycle-like contraption” that becomes a playground for clowns, acrobats and contortionists. Theater Listings for Dec. 4-10 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z

Our divided system almost sent this clown to Washington, where we are also losing one of the strongest party leaders in American history with Nancy Pelosi passing the torch of House Democratic leadership. Unpredictable 2022: Mostly devastating losses, with one bright surprise 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z

“I was a shy kid, never the class clown,” he said. ‘I always despised the class clown’: Comedian Sebastian Maniscalco is coming to Seattle 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z

Yesterday I was looking at a book I did about clown paintings. | Diane Keaton 2012-10-04T13:00:42Z

You’ll get contortionists, aerialists, jugglers and plenty of other circus mainstays — and no scary clowns. 6 Family Shows to See if You’re in New York for Thanksgiving 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z

A clown with a torso pierced by arrows dies extravagantly, and bloodlessly; the clown culprit, bow in hand, is darling anyway. Review: ‘Slava’s Snowshow’ Delivers Flurries of Joy 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z

After the song, a photo of the White House — with circus tent on top of it — appeared on the screen, followed by Trump in clown makeup. Clintons, Mariah Carey turn out for Barbra Streisand concert 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z

There is also the fact that Curry's clown is funny — and intentionally so. The case for Tim Curry's Pennywise 2019-09-14T04:00:00Z

Another bit of fatherly advice was “Endure the clowns!” Books of The Times: ‘Not I,’ a Memoir by Joachim Fest 2014-02-18T22:45:43Z

For all their success, the strippers of “Hustlers” came in second place at the box office, behind another, more sinister entertainer: Pennywise the killer clown, who continues to haunt theaters in “It Chapter Two.” ‘Hustlers’ Has a Strong Opening at the Box Office 2019-09-15T04:00:00Z

Comedian Stephen Colbert clowns around on the stage at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Sunday, July 17, 2016. Stephen Colbert crashes RNC stage for 'Hunger Games' prank 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z

Filmmakers have long taken the already frightening, already dicey image of the clown and exploited it by making intentionally scary harlequins and bozos in films both dramatic and horrific. The 15 scariest on-screen clowns, from worst to best 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z

These three clowns do so in this production, which closes this weekend. Spare Times: For Children, for Jan. 27-Feb. 2 2012-01-26T22:42:16Z

I complained about being typecast for a long time as a clown. Actors Emily Townley and Dawn Ursula talk about ‘The Totalitarians’ and D.C. theater life

Some call that milieu "underground variety" — a loosely connected web that takes in vaudeville, circus arts, trapeze, cabaret, sideshows, burlesque, alternative music, clowning, juggling and elaborate physical comedy. Variety performers seek solace together after Cafe Racer shooting 2012-06-04T02:00:07Z

While these shows deal with dark subject matter, they somehow maintain a sunny optimism, perhaps a response to the stereotype of the sad clown, but just as likely, a reflection of personal taste. Make Way for the Carnal Clowns of Stand-Up 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z

He saw some clowns, and a band playing. Two hundred years of nonsense 2012-05-22T07:39:49Z

Saturday, when the Northwest Puppet Theater performs a show combining "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" and a Parisian puppet play about a mischievous clown. Bloedel Reserve hosts July performance series 2011-07-14T19:43:08Z

As Miller and Bailey clowned and laughed on the jump seat, Stella called her father to report our progress. What Drives Stella McCartney 2012-02-22T11:58:00Z

Among Popper’s possessions is a boxed set of Charlie Chaplin DVDs, and while it may be presumptuous of Mr. Carrey to clown in such company, he is also paying tribute to a great precursor. | 'Mr. Popper?s Penguins': A Home Invasion by the Antarcticans 2011-06-16T22:03:05Z

Eventually, he persuaded the clowns to teach him their trade. Indian circuses struggle to adapt after court bans 2013-05-17T06:56:08Z

A contemporary circus show about a clown who watches his own funeral. Cirque du Soleil keeps circling back to D.C. region

SAT Carnival games, prizes, clowns, food, balloon artists, noon-2 p.m. Community calendar 2012-04-19T20:18:03Z

Everyone who enters the nork's orbit leaves it dazed and slightly deflated, like balloon animals tossed from a speeding clown car. The Call Centre: warm, good-natured, and incredibly annoying 2013-06-01T05:00:00Z

To borrow Maupin's line about the art of being a clown, everything about the Playhouse, with its gigantic talking clock and genie in a box, is larger than life. "Larger than life, but still true": Where Pee-wee Herman fits in the history of American clowns 2023-08-06T04:00:00Z

Her subjects include bathers, reclining nudes, still lifes and juggling clowns. Art in Review: ANNE RYAN: ?The Black-Line Woodcut, 1945-48? 2011-11-03T21:39:00Z

However, clowns have always had a dark side. The creepy clown emerged from the crass and bawdy circuses of the 19th century 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z

It was the start of a long association with Papp, who cast him, often as a clown, in 35 plays, many by Shakespeare. Charles Durning, Prolific Character Actor, Dies at 89 2012-12-25T09:19:03Z

A mini-series based on Stephen King’s “It” starring a demonic clown was broadcast around the same time, cementing the trope of the scary clown. The Tears (and Fears) of a Clown 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z

So the group from “Laughing Helps”, an association of “clinical clowns” who entertain people under medical and nursing care, started performing in courtyards outside the seniors’ rooms - at an appropriate distance from each other. Playing to the balcony: clowns entertain German seniors in isolation 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z

But even I have to admit that the clowns I come across from old circuses give me the heebie-jeebies. The creepy clown emerged from the crass and bawdy circuses of the 19th century 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z

Though he isn't a clown in the traditional sense, Batman's arch-nemesis has been dubbed the clown prince of crime. 10 Most Notable – and Often Creepy – Clowns in Pop Culture 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z

It’s generally a matter of giving us too much or too little: drowning us in detail or withholding it; presenting a narrator who is a cipher or one who can’t stop clowning. ‘The Governesses’ Offers Subtle Lessons in Shame, Constraint and Lust 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z

His tender portrait of Gilles the clown finds depth and inwardness in the gaily costumed performer's self-consciousness. Arcade Fire's Rococo lampoons a frivolous age through art 2010-12-02T16:35:00Z

As an actor deeply steeped in the traditions of clowns, according to both the commedia dell’arte and Samuel Beckett, Mr. Irwin delivers on that promise. | 'King Lear' : ?King Lear? at the Public Theater - Review 2011-11-09T03:01:30Z

His show features classic physical clowning comedy and absurd visual humour and was described as "breathtakingly brilliant". Silent clown scoops comedy award 2012-08-25T15:39:29Z

Picasso, naturally, is the Harlequin, the sad clown. Art Review | 'Picasso and the Avant-Garde in Paris': Picasso and Peers at Philadelphia Museum of Art 2010-04-01T22:49:00Z

Now, from all around, thousands of young men and women, wearing scary clown face paint, are descending upon a disused indoor swimming pool that has been transformed into a music venue. And God created controversy 2010-10-08T23:03:00Z

I would consider sad clowns the opposite of regular clowns, in that instead of making people laugh, they make people shift uncomfortably in their shoes, kind of like my acquaintance Martha. From killer clowns to juggalos: Baskets' guide to identifying your inner clown 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z

But that rare condition is now being confused with a more general feeling that clowns are disturbing. The wisdom of clowns 2011-03-17T07:59:00Z

But it’s large enough to host prancing stallions, capering dogs, a couple of clowns, a score of swirling hula hoops and throngs of leaping acrobats. Review: Luxury Travel With the Big Apple Circus 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z

“My goal is to be as classless and tasteless as these clowns are,” Carville says with a laugh. ‘If I was the Kennedy Center, I’d be worried’: Prepping for the James Carville roast 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z

Typically, clowns would engage in banter with the stoic ringmaster, who was often the target for the clowns' pranks. The creepy clown emerged from the crass and bawdy circuses of the 19th century 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z

The doctor advises him to cheer himself up by going to see Grimaldi, the clown. No joke, being a psychiatric patient has its funny side 2010-08-04T09:53:00Z

They have distinctive individual moments: workers in bulky coveralls clowning and dancing under Lenin’s portrait; a somber Georgian family taking a roadside meal near an Orthodox monastery. | 'Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century': ?Henri Cartier-Bresson,? a Retrospective at MoMA 2010-04-08T22:08:00Z

I think there are different kinds of comedians," says Hart, "and I prefer the clowns who are going: 'I'm an idiot, aren't we all a bit like this, laugh at me.' Queen of uncool 2010-12-02T08:00:00Z

“It’s a mixture of straight pathos, a little bit of clowning and beautiful musical theater showmanship.” ?La Cage? Imports Douglas Hodge, a Pinter Regular 2010-04-14T15:24:00Z

An exquisite Silent Night is destroyed by clowning. Meine Faire Dame – ein Sprachlabor – Edinburgh festival review 2012-08-15T23:59:11Z

Dark clowns have been around at least since Charles Dickens edited the memoirs of the English entertainer Joseph Grimaldi, but they didn’t become a modern pop-culture cliché until the late 1980s. The Tears (and Fears) of a Clown 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z

In the sweetly melancholy “Yoyo,” often considered his masterpiece, Mr. Étaix played the dual roles of a wealthy idler and his son, who grows up to become the celebrated clown Yoyo. Pierre Étaix, Director and Slapstick Actor, Dies at 87 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z

And the revitalized New Line horror machine may well strike gold again on Sept. 8 with a new adaptation of “It,” Stephen King’s novel about a demon who poses as Pennywise, a child-killing clown. ‘Annabelle: Creation’ Sizzles, Affirming New Line as a Horror Force 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z

After a few days at the fair, the metaphor of the exhausted clown is all too apt. Art Basel Miami Beach, Post-Irma, Is Still Swinging 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z

“Were there jugglers, clowns and lions as well?” one mocked. Gymnast performs contortionist feat in tight airline seat 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z

Do these clowns think that gay people are somehow less gay when they’re having lunch? Conservatives mad at Hilton for showing gay couple in ad 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z

They are built by clowns for clowns and subsidized by clowns with the US taxpayers’ credit card. There's Nothing Wrong With the Chevy Volt's Battery 2012-01-05T19:34:43Z

But as she turned the pages, encountering psycho clowns, murderous religious cults, cannibalism and other manner of good times, she had to pause. In ‘Twisted Metal’ Series, Killer Clowns Come With Class Commentary 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z

I suggest that if you are serious about becoming a French clown, you should invest in a turtle. From killer clowns to juggalos: Baskets' guide to identifying your inner clown 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z

Repairing to the bar to console himself, Samir meets a famous comedian, played by Tracy Morgan, whose performance brings a sinister edge to his familiar edgy clowning. In Jordan Peele’s “Twilight Zone” Reboot, the Plot Is Often Less Brilliant Than the Premise 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z

In the international pecking order of clowns, Mr. Lubin “ranks way up there in creativity,” Professor Hoh said, since he constantly produces new routines instead of repeating the same act. Barry Lubin, Grandma the Clown, in Final Big Apple Tour 2011-09-20T22:02:29Z

One is on the loose, some are dancing, and there are plenty of people doing wild things — tumbling, juggling, clowning, acrobatics — as well in this new production from Circus Amok. Spare Times for Children for Sept. 14-20 2012-09-13T22:41:58Z

Their Guy — rebel, clown, frat boy, chef — had arrived. Guy Fieri: Chef, Dude and Fan Magnet 2010-08-10T22:30:00Z

It was where he would receive friends and family, eating, drinking and clowning around as he donned one of his many masks that littered the corners of the rooms. | Picasso in the Sun 2013-05-30T15:42:29Z

Are we ever going to get tired of scary clowns? Did Stephen King just kill the horror clown? 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z

That night, Zambezi, his lovely assistant Veronica and the three Lemon sisters, Dolly, Molly and Polly, start drinking whiskey conjured by the party-loving clown. Michael Dirda selects three magical books 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z

It will include characters such as clown fish Nemo, his father Marlin and the Tank Gang. ''Finding Nemo'' film sequel ''Finding Dory'' gets 2015 release 2013-04-02T19:09:46Z

The second, "Get a Grip", describes an "upside down" world full of "lunatics and clowns". England Lost: sardonic Mick Jagger releases two songs responding to Brexit 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z

Picture this: Exactly four years ago, Mitt Romney was leading in the polls for the Republican primary while fending off a clown car of challengers. Ann Romney can feel Hillary Clinton’s pain 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z

Some point to clown-turned-serial killer John Wayne Gacy as the turning point, while others may blame Stephen King's "It" for yoking clowns to horror. The creepy clown emerged from the crass and bawdy circuses of the 19th century 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z

More precisely, he tars and feathers Mr. Chomsky before sticking a clown nose on his face and rolling him in a baby stroller off a cliff. Tom Wolfe’s ‘The Kingdom of Speech’ Takes Aim at Darwin and Chomsky 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z

Once back at their home base in Rockville, the company plans to debut a new clowning show at the Capital Fringe Festival. Happenstance Theater moves ‘Cabaret Macabre’ performance to Baltimore

With no money to pay for a nanny, it occurred to his mother to dress up as clowns just to attract attention at a street fair, where she would try to sell some handmade decorations. Reza Salazar, from surviving clown to Broadway actor 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z

Others are consonant with her colorful clown series and darker “Horror” pictures, and some disjunctive digital additions even recall the prostheses of her fierce “Sex Pictures” of the early 1990s. Cindy Sherman Takes Selfies (as Only She Could) on Instagram 2017-08-06T04:00:00Z

The Beatles, or at least their corporate surrogates, have embraced Jackson’s retelling, and a preview of the film highlighted moments of brotherly silliness, like the band dancing and clowning in the studio. Know How the Beatles Ended? Peter Jackson May Change Your Mind. 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z

For one thing, the piece doesn’t entail clowning per se, although its focus on the depiction of emotional states ingeniously leverages the troupe’s highly physical performance skills. 'Lunatics and Actors' asks: Is there a difference? 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z

“Let me leave you with one clown joke,” he says. The tears of a (real) clown: All the insane clown hysteria is giving us a bad name 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z

His Richard is more of a clown, more ingratiating and more uncertain than in many interpretations - a far cry from Kevin Spacey's menacing media manipulator in a recent Old Vic production. Mark Rylance reigns in Shakespeare double bill 2012-11-19T12:31:15Z

She has written a self-deprecating essay about how she kept her plastic pony collection well into adulthood, and another about the time she went drinking with amateur clowns in Portugal. Sloane Crosley Unclasps Cloak of Secrecy About Authorship 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z

Dunk tank clowns, Mr. Simmons said, are fading away in a world where Americans are beginning to believe that cracking jokes about people’s skin color, size, poverty or intelligence is maybe not a good thing. The Last of the Dunk Tank Clowns 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z

“It was funny because my critique of Republicans at the time was that they’re all clowns, and I myself was a kind of pastiche of what Bernie Bro-dom is,” he continues. Online agitator. Leftist know-it-all. Is the Bernie Bro back? 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z

Kendall Cornell, who leads an all-female clown troupe, Clowns Ex Machina, recalled a lot of tears, but also a “mind-blowing” experience that taught her things she didn’t learn in other classes. The Dumbledore of Clowning 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z

His singing was solid, and his jittery clowning loose-limbed and aptly silly. Dane Cook, a Changeable Comedian 2013-01-18T19:15:28Z

Stephen Spender was attracted towards being an "office clown", Herbert Read fancied a bit of "light engineering" and George Orwell recommended "composing propaganda for bodies such as the British Council". Will Waterstone's have a significant future selling books in Britain? 2012-12-21T22:54:01Z

For a long time my Facebook profile picture was one of her clowns. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: ‘Eat Only When You’re Hungry’ 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z

Dozens filled the sidewalks of the small residential neighborhood, including an actual clown wearing makeup and juggling. Podcaster in chief: How Marc Maron landed the Obama interview 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z

When they were children, they said, they performed frequently in comedy and improv, and as clowns for hire. The Property Brothers Are Fixing to Take Over the World 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z

I mean, that sad clown just continues to dance and bleat as though the stock market will somehow save him from the incredibly gory butcher’s bill he is being presented with.” Nick Offerman: 'Trump is about to be presented with a gory butcher's bill' 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z

Cindy’s film stills fit their theories perfectly but they didn’t write about what she did later, which drew as much from old masters to clowns as it did from the media. As Metro Pictures Closes, Its Founders Look Back 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z

Corddry wears grotesque clown makeup and blood-drenched scrubs, yet when he shows up we are happy to see him; he uses his chipper unpredictability in pursuit of subversion and sly satire. Rob Corddry and the Healing Power of Laughter 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z

He is not always a clown; off the court, he has revealed his warmth, even sweetness. Seven Turning Points from the Year in Sports 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z

“The circus was a little one-ring thing, with a clown, an acrobat and a horse.” Paula Dell, Pioneering Movie Stuntwoman, Is Dead at 90 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z

He trails off, suddenly looking really sad beneath the clown make-up. And God created controversy 2010-10-08T23:03:00Z

Gliding toward a bouquet of sea anemones, Carsten spotted three small clown fish darting playfully among the waving fingers of the anemones. Next Stop: Indonesia’s Karimunjawa Is a Watery Wonderland 2012-05-25T19:27:33Z

And I collected those over several years - I amassed a collection, of clown paintings. | Diane Keaton 2012-10-04T13:00:42Z

Next time you see a tent, popcorn and clowns, use this experience as a reminder to walk the other way. Carolyn Hax: Stuck fighting her ex-boyfriend’s battles with his ex

Some of the items on this year’s shortlist may prove ephemeral, like “coulrophobia” — extreme or irrational fear of clowns — which surged after a rash of reports of scary clowns. ‘Post-Truth’ Defeats ‘Alt-Right’ as Oxford’s Word of the Year 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z

Surely if one of the clowns in “Slava’s Snowshow” should appear silently at your side, wanting to climb into the crowd and surf the seat backs, the decent thing to do is offer a hand? Review: ‘Slava’s Snowshow’ Delivers Flurries of Joy 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z

David Shiner pulls the same move in “Old Hats,” his clown show with Bill Irwin that recently returned to the Signature Theater. The Tears (and Fears) of a Clown 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z

Ahead of the film’s opening in France, the mayor of Paris put a plaque commemorating the clown on a building where he used to perform. ‘Chocolat,’ a Biopic in France, Stirs a Discussion About Race 2016-04-17T04:00:00Z

Good luck getting that clown out of your head as you turn in for the night. ‘American Horror Story: Freak Show’: Carny cornballs

The trailer for Finding Dory, the sequel to the 2003 blockbuster about the adventures of a clown fish, debuted on the Ellen Show last week. Finding Dory trailer raises hopes film could include lesbian couple 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z

A recent appearance at a library — modern libraries being noisier places and havens for clown gigs — promised, “Jeff does NOT wear traditional clown face paint!” It’s the worst time in history to be a clown. They just want you to love them again. 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z

“This gangly, blinking, introverted young man hides his grief and insecurity under clown’s hat and khaki student’s habit,” Mr. Gardner wrote. David Warner, Actor Who Played Villains and More, Dies at 80 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z

So I took a bus to New Jersey and I met Jimmy Armstrong, the clown from my circus series. “I’m an Outsider on the Inside”: An Interview with Bruce Davidson 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z

Christian Joseph, the circus’s clown, often hangs out with her. She’s traveled 16 years with the circus, but she is not a performer. She’s a nun. 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z

They dress themselves, which means they often look like homeless, colorblind clowns. My problem with pink 2014-02-02T01:00:00Z

Instead of flying around on wings, as in the books, the Snitch is held on the waist of a yellow-clad "Snitch Runner," a strange mix of rodeo clown, Harlem Globetrotter and hip-hop hype man. Harry Potter's Quidditch Sport Brought to Life with World Cup 2010-11-19T14:15:00Z

“Too tall for clown,” he wrote for one girl. ‘The Nutcracker’: Fairies and tulle onstage, total nuts backstage 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z

Karas balances the movie’s clowning with a human story, while showing empathy for childhood growing pains. ‘The Main Event’ Review: A Kid Pro Wrestler, in a Magic Mask 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z

“The other is its blessed double, home of heroes and clowns and of the cheerful and welcoming democratic collective — ‘the place where I was born.’ Daniel Aaron, Critic and Historian Who Pioneered American Studies, Dies at 103 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z

According to a statement from Speech Academy Asia, the company’s promoter -- who was dressed like a clown -- was handing out flyers for the company’s speech classes outside of primary schools last week. Clown seen outside schools sparks fear, leads education company to apologize 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z

The film, initially called “Nickel & Dime” and eventually renamed “Larger Than Life,” concerns a motivational speaker who inherits the circus elephant, and clowning paraphernalia, of his estranged father. “It’s like looking in a mirror — a pretty funny mirror”: I was Bill Murray’s stand-in 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z

If this were hockey, the box would be packed like a clown car. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: A long-distance courtship offers more one-on-one time with oneself 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z

FRI-SUN Animal acts, daredevil's stunts, clowns, 4 and 7:30 p.m. Community calendar 2012-06-27T23:41:04Z

I miss the honesty of McDonald's standardised outlets, those Lego haciendas populated by plastic clowns with red afros. What were the highs and lows of your Olympic Park experience? 2012-08-08T15:16:58Z

Just go straight to the clowns In the silly black gowns: All you need is to sell it to five. Style Invitational Week 1088: Our winning F-word limericks! (No, not that F-word.)

In part this can be attributed this to a spell clowning at the Queensland Theatre Company and a subsequent period under the tutelage of French mime Jacques Lecoq in Paris. Geoffrey Rush: 'Art doesn’t do well in the dark. But that’s where we’ve put it' 2013-07-15T05:13:00Z

He has played six kinds of characters, he thinks: “clowns, rat-bags and fools.” Geoffrey Rush: 'Art doesn’t do well in the dark. But that’s where we’ve put it' 2013-07-15T05:13:00Z

By 3 a.m. the long night had taken a toll on many revelers, and sleepy clown faces could be seen throughout the lower deck as partygoers fell asleep in their seats. Beneath the Greasepaint, the Roar of ?Fam-i-ly!? 2011-05-01T22:37:41Z

Festivals Whirligig Seattle Center House is overtaken with inflatable rides, plus clowns and face-painters — just in time for spring break. The Week Ahead: Seattle arts highlights March 21-27 2010-03-17T23:12:00Z

It is very tough to explain the importance of Serge and his writing because he was equally a clown, equally a person who went on television to shock people. A Word With: Jane Birkin: Jane Birkin Brings Serge Gainsbourg Songs to New York 2011-12-09T20:50:28Z

He’s the worst type of person in the world, a coward – the opposite of brave, a hate-fueled clown who is only capable of swinging at people he deems beneath him. Playground bully Donald Trump faces his last stand — and even conservatives know it 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z

Still, even this novice clown has had her moment on the clowns-are-terrifying bandwagon. It’s the worst time in history to be a clown. They just want you to love them again. 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z

Still, don’t let the expletives fool you: This may be clowning for adults, but “Clowntown” still has some growing up to do. ‘Welcome to Clowntown’ Review: Raunchy Stories and Giant Balloon Animals 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z

In their innocence, the clowns were like small children, and we responded to them with fond indulgence. Review: ‘Slava’s Snowshow’ Delivers Flurries of Joy 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z

And Richard was more of a vicious clown figure than usual, but without the virtues of his villainy --no sense of planning or real agency in it.I'm afraid I left at the interval. Reader reviews: your take on Schaufuss's Swan Lake and Rylance's Richard III 2012-07-27T15:06:00Z

If you answered “yes” to any of these, you may be a French clown. From killer clowns to juggalos: Baskets' guide to identifying your inner clown 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z

And to me they're still completely fun to look at and they also make me think about what a clown I am. | Diane Keaton 2012-10-04T13:00:42Z

The original “It” followed a group of children haunted by a demonic clown in small-town America in the summer of 1989. ‘It Chapter Two’ Dominates Box Office 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z

It was surely this meld of slapstick and tearfulness that prompted the grand master of the genre, Charlie Chaplin, to embrace Wisdom as his "favourite clown". Sir Norman Wisdom obituary 2010-10-05T00:01:00Z

After another routine in which he dressed like a clown — "big wig, the big red shoes, and balloons" — he decided to start creating his own acts. Channing Tatum buffs his body of work in 'Magic Mike XXL' 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z

She had wanted to watch the episode titled “Chuckles Bites the Dust,” a daffy high point of Season 6 that involves the death of a television clown. Critic?s Notebook: Mary Tyler Moore to Receive Screen Actors Guild Award 2012-01-26T23:03:40Z

You realize, taking that analogy of the classroom again, we are the clowns. Maz Jobrani doesn't miss Trump jokes: He wasn't just bad for America, he was bad for comedy 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z

His team of dancers, clowns and acrobats taps into the magic of gadgetry in a circus spectacle designed for theater-goers ages 5 and up. Dance Listings for Dec. 4-10 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z

As Mr. Borle tells it, that therapist believes he first began to act “to make everyone happy by being a bit of a clown.” This Broadway Season, Christian Borle Is Taking the Lead(s) 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z

Of all the evil clowns on this list, he is the one who most closely resembles real-life creeps. The 15 scariest on-screen clowns, from worst to best 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z

“The actors wore clown makeup and the show ran two-and-a-half hours where my play was about 90 minutes,” she recalled. You Wrote the Play. Can You Let It Go? 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z

There are few sights so poignant as the exhausted antics of an ageing clown. Steve Coogan: ‘Maybe I've just got flabby and middle-aged' 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z

To fully saturate the senses, there also were circus rides, clowns, jugglers and professional wrestlers. Concert review: Riot Fest at Humboldt Park 2012-09-17T05:46:00Z

Such rich people hide behind philanthropy and noblesse oblige as they slur the working class and poor people of Gotham as “clowns.” "Joker": A harsh indictment of neoliberalism and gangster capitalism 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z

The rough stuff is handled in such a way that it all plays as a kind of clown show. ‘Pain & Gain’: Big but queasy laughs in true-crime tale 2013-04-25T20:46:38Z

Lost in the noise and the arena setting is some pretty amusing clowning. Circus Review: Where William Tell Is an Amateur 2011-03-04T20:53:17Z

He will preside over this Russian song-and-dance production, which begins with Slavic folk tunes and cavorting clowns. For Children Listings for Dec. 18-24 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z

While I'm not a coulrophobe myself, it is easy to imagine people with an instinctive fear of clowns being terrified of him for that reason alone. The case for Tim Curry's Pennywise 2019-09-14T04:00:00Z

He is so deadpan he would perfect for puppet-style clowning or a puppet mime artist. Polly Dunbar's top 10 books that would make great puppet shows 2013-04-18T13:24:46Z

“Sometimes I am my brother,” Tines said, of stepping into the clown character. “The Black Clown” Beautifully Reconfigures a Langston Hughes Poem 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z

Throughout the routine, she mixes in clowning, whether it's making her bowtie spin, playing with prop bug-out glasses, or inhaling helium before speaking, all of which causes Jost to crack up. On "SNL," Cecily Strong's Goober the Clown nails the joy and comedy of abortion 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z

During a performance of his famous box illusion, the magician somehow summons a strange clown, one with seemingly miraculous powers. Michael Dirda selects three magical books 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z

Chrissie is that child: a maker of mischief and purveyor of compulsive lies; resident shoplifter at Mrs. Bunty’s sweet store; the class imp, rather than its clown. A Young Murderer Grows Up, and Has a Child of Her Own 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z

With nothing more than a wig, some lipstick and color-coordinated, plus-size separates, Anderson’s Christine is a formidable force in her son’s life, chiding his clowning dreams while agreeing to help him out financially. How much Zach Galifianakis is too much? ‘Baskets’ pushes the limits. 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z

I kept walking and met May, a three-year-old boxer—the “clown of the dog world,” her owner, Kim Dye, told me. A Heavenly Respite at the Westminster Dog Show 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z

The novel’s protagonist, Ove, is a lonely curmudgeon who screams at his neighbors for parking in the wrong place and punches a hospital clown whose magic tricks annoy him. The Man Behind ‘A Man Called Ove,’ Sweden’s Latest Hit Novel 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z

That’s why I want to be Ringling Brothers Circus’s clown for a day.'” Perspective | I won clown contests as a kid. It didn’t win me friends, but it showed me I could do anything. 2020-11-28T05:00:00Z

It’s not about clowns and mime, it’s very sophisticated work. 2010-01-08T03:16:00Z

“He was Little Bad Jimmy, the class clown, the holy terror, the one always getting yelled at by the teacher.” From Crayons to Chemo, He’s Back by Her Side 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z

There is nothing surprising anymore about a sad clown. Imagining the Unhappy Life of Stan Laurel 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z

Musicians and critics saw beyond the clowning and recognized Mr. Terry’s seriousness of purpose. Clark Terry, Influential Jazz Trumpeter, Dies at 94 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z

A classic tale of revenge – Paul turns to clowning after a wicked baron steals his life’s work and his wife – what else is a man to do? Scary toddlers and super creeps – helicopter parenting and the rise of 'kindergarten horror' 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z

He belatedly discovered that a clown costume served as protection, because the police didn’t want to be photographed harassing a clown. | 'Saint Misbehavin?': The Hippie Serving Peace and Breakfast 2010-12-07T22:58:00Z

Far superior to any of the sorry clowns currently masquerading as hosts on late night TV. Garry Shandling, Star of Groundbreaking Sitcoms, Dies at 66 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z

Now I see that I should have thought, These clowns are ignoring Black kids on purpose. Sesame Place falls short of "Sesame Street" — and after my own child's visit, I should have known 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z

He often juxtaposes unexpected images — like a large skull with Disney characters; or a clown and a gas mask — to push viewers to question the realities of modern society. Special Report: Asian Art: A Filipino Artist's Fantastical Vision, Finely Crafted 2011-11-04T13:00:10Z

"I’ve made costumes for birthdays, tuxedos for weddings, motorcycle jackets, clowns, cop uniforms, newsboy outfits, cowboys, you name it," Burke said. Florida woman handcrafts custom pig clothes for pets too large to fit dog outfits 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z

But tucked in between the hammy sparring are kung fu and tae kwon do – long and laboriously choreographed – aerial contortion and many, many evil clowns performing iaido. Batman Live ? review 2011-07-23T23:06:05Z

Even the comic relief quickly becomes tiresome: two squabbling clowns who rise little above Abbott-and-Costello level. Review: Zhang Huoding Makes American Debut in Two Operas 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z

Rather, it is because developing a clown act requires more experimentation and spontaneity that the Machine allows time for. Arts & Leisure: How Do You Make a Whole Show Fly? 2011-06-08T12:00:00Z

It takes him about 30 minutes to apply the paint, which is a mixture of blue powder and white clown paint. The many sides of Puck come out in three versions of ‘Midsummer’ 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z

“I might have 15 pairs of clown shoes, five of them Spear’s,” Bryan confesses, appearing as embarrassed as a clown in full makeup can. It’s the worst time in history to be a clown. They just want you to love them again. 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z

They are inventive in the extreme, but fall firmly within the legacy of that Neapolitan magical surrealism, dominated by the tragic clown. Aniello Arena: the Italian gangster who turned movie star 2013-02-17T00:02:02Z

When I show that to the audience I think they get the fact that I'm just another clown on the bus like them. Eddie Pepitone: 'I'm just another clown on the bus like you' 2013-04-13T05:00:00Z

Riggs, as King understood, was a clown and a hustler, and the more ridiculous his antics the more demeaning it would be if she lost. Game, set and spats… a grand slam of tennis movies 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z

By high school, I wasn’t as much of a disruption, a class clown occasionally but no longer by trade. My fantasies of mass murder 2013-03-05T01:00:00Z

He has two clown mentors in North Carolina who are considering giving up the business because of all the negativity. The tears of a (real) clown: All the insane clown hysteria is giving us a bad name 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z

Some people quake before clowns, some people hate spiders, but everyone has the nervous doctor’s office fantasies of what could go wrong. Invade and conquer: film's grisly return to body horror 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z

This production features traditional song, dance and clowns, and will be performed in Russian with English subtitles. Dance Listings for Dec. 19-25 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z

There were so many better, more original ways to be an eccentric: Wear scary clown makeup, dress in a tutu, smoke crack with your cabbie. Wigs are my superhero costume 2012-10-12T23:30:00Z

Three of his brothers are also actors, including Bill Skarsgard, who played Pennywise, the creeper clown in the “It” movies; another brother is a doctor who kept them apprised of developments in the Covid crisis. Alexander Skarsgard’s Viking Dream 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z

But there is an underdog charm to trampoline, in part because it sounds, to the unenlightened ear, fitter for clown college than the Olympics. Amid the Fury of the Olympics, the Zen of the Trampoline 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z

“There was no collusion!” says Trump = A sorry, shameless Putin clown. Style Invitational Week 1322: Back to the drawing board 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z

Mr. Álvarez, first appearing in a light suit with a bow tie and bowler hat, makes an affable and frumpy Canio, loved by the crowd as the clown Pagliaccio in the play. Review: At Met Opera, ‘Pagliacci’ Goes Vaudeville as ‘Cavalleria’ Turns 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z

In his early life, as he says in the video that precedes his act, he was bullied for his height and urged toward clowning. Review: At the Big Apple Circus, It’s a Family Affair 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z

At the Moisture Festival, you're likely to see contemporary clowning, goofy music, acrobats, juggling, burlesque, contortionists and physical comedy. Variety performers seek solace together after Cafe Racer shooting 2012-06-04T02:00:07Z

Brydon, on the other hand, seems more obvious, blithe and needy, the class clown, but it's also something of a wall between him and the world. This week's new DVD & Blu-ray 2010-12-11T00:06:00Z

After all, the clown was a form that It took in order to lure kids to it, to get them close. Fears of a clown: why the original It will always be the best 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z

A picture of Mus m 1 looks like an exploded cartoon of a clown—colored curls and a helix. Sorry, but your house is soaked in mouse urine 2012-11-03T16:00:00Z

The Moisture Festival's New Year's Eve Extravaganza SAT Aerialists, acrobats, clowns, musicians and hors d'oeuvres to benefit the upcoming Moisture Festival, 8 p.m. Community calendar 2011-12-28T23:34:04Z

Leaning heavily into the familiar narrative obsessions of Hill’s father, Stephen King — plucky kids, feckless parents, creepy clowns and their accessories — “The Black Phone” feels unavoidably derivative. ‘The Black Phone’ Review: The Dead Have Your Number 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z

Except it does, after Roman assures Logan that Matsson isn't a clown. "Succession" presents the "Chiantishire" dog show, starring the well-bred Roys 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z

Just shy of 7-feet tall, Puddles the clown doesn't speak or smile and seems haunted by an air of melancholy. Puddles: Sad clown, big voice 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z

Milos’s décor is a one-of-a-kind blend of exposed structural columns in bare concrete and weathered Greek artifacts, including amphorae big enough to hide a pair of rodeo clowns. Restaurant Reviews: Limani and Estiatorio Milos in Midtown 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z

I may not be a graduate, but I’ll forever be a clown. I flunked out of clown school 2012-07-03T00:00:00Z

Movies like “The Producers” and “Team America: World Police” took genocidal maniacs and successfully made them clowns. The uneasy farce of "Jojo Rabbit": Is there ever a good time for "wacky Nazi" satire? 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z

He's exactly the type of womanizing hustler Reilly excels at playing, an ambitious clown whose shirts don't button higher than his lowest rib, and who is smarter than everyone thinks he is. HBO's "Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty” knows how to put on a show 2022-03-06T05:00:00Z

In classic King style, a group of kids band together against the common threat of a creepy clown. 6 Books You Must Read If You Love 'Stranger Things' 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z

The New York Times noted late last week that at least 12 people had been arrested for “clown hoaxes,” and there have been multiple arrests since then. Don’t fear the creeper: Those weird clowns are just a social delusion 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z

In the mood for some wit and clowning from the Bard's quill? A guide to free outdoor theater around the Puget Sound region 2012-07-12T18:22:03Z

Soon this circus will pull up its stakes, and the aerialists, the acrobats, the clowns, the horses, a chic poodle and an unspeakably adorable pig will take their final bows. 12 Plays and Musicals to Go to in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z

Hooks and Hartman both understood that you didn’t have to be a clown, or even the kind of “SNL” character who has a catchphrase or becomes a movie star, to be comedically brilliant. Jan Hooks (1957-2014): An Appreciation 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z

Also great: Robert and Dominic's scary clown act. Final four dancers tango and titillate on "SYTYCD" 2010-08-05T12:01:00Z

I looked up at my destination: a building with a bizarre extra-large clown head hung over its awning, with a sign, The Clown Palace, written in giant Comic Sans. Adventures at the Clown Palace: Stand-up comedy helped me confront my depression and cultural taboos 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z

Posters promoting a circus visit have been taken down because a woman with a fear of clowns was terrified of driving past them. VIDEO: Posters go because of clown phobia 2013-10-18T13:17:48Z

With his shin-length shorts and virtual reality goggles, chatting with the audience about a pandemic spent watching Netflix and eating snacks, Ming-Trent’s Falstaff is more of a clown than a menace. Review: Shakespeare’s ‘Merry Wives,’ Now in South Harlem 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z

Just ask the Thunder Bay Clown Club, which gathered outside an Ontario movie theater to contrast the evil clown image with a more positive one, according to a report by CBC. Clowns demonstrate outside screening of "It" claiming "great harm" done 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z

A guest appearance by the actor and clown Bill Irwin brought out the vaudevillian side of the show with scatting wordplay that involved layering syllables and some hat choreography, too. Review: Lindy Hopping Into the Present With Caleb Teicher and Co. 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z

It referred to Mr. Lewis’s marginalized position by casting him as an unemployed circus clown who finds fulfillment in a mundane job with the post office. Jerry Lewis, Mercurial Comedian and Filmmaker, Dies at 91 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z

His deviousness, clowning and attention-seeking have something fittingly and convincingly cattish about them. Cornelius Medvei's top 10 talking animals in literature 2011-01-06T11:32:27Z

The US president playing the clown on the golf course? Sublime, ridiculous 2010-08-27T23:02:00Z

A hero wearing the mask of a clown, Gregory understood the seriousness of his comedy. Joe Morton, 'Turn Me Loose' and the sly comic activism of Dick Gregory 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z

She doesn’t want to say more out of fear of provoking an unhinged clown hater. The tears of a (real) clown: All the insane clown hysteria is giving us a bad name 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z

Dancers younger than 12 will be wearing custom-designed masks to match their party frocks, clown costumes and mouse fur. Perspective | Don’t share the lipstick! How ballet companies are planning covid-free ‘Nutcrackers.’ 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z

Either that or a bunch of clowns are putting orange jackets on in order to make money out of other people's distress. TV review: The Pet Detectives 2011-08-22T20:10:00Z

There’s a lot of camaraderie and clowning around that comes through in the film. Forty Years of the 4077th: Elliott Gould on the Anniversary of 'MASH' 2010-09-03T14:00:00Z

And evil there is in abundance: suicidal clowns, teeth scattered as sprinkles on ice-cream cones, a hissing lady who wants, we are told, to destroy the world. 20 Years After ‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower,’ Stephen Chbosky Has a New Novel 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z

Audiences never knew what to expect – they were about as far away from the traditional circus, with red-nosed clowns and spangly leotards, as it was possible to get. Archaos returns as exhibition celebrates revolutionary chainsaw-wielding circus 2010-08-23T18:09:00Z

Fleck dreams of being a successful standup comedian but earns minimum wage as a pathetic party clown named Carnival. Joker strives to capture our cultural moment – but it’s smug and banal at heart 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z

“That’s right, you probably thought I was only going to go after the orange clown, Trump,” Wolf said. Michelle Wolf went full meta on “The Break,” and it was the best comedy moment all week 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z

They are of course forced to confront them when an evil supernatural clown threatens to murder innocent people. "It Chapter Two": Flawed but effective follow-up to 2017's horror hit 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z

Wayne Thiebaud, who died on Saturday at 101, painted sweets, clowns and bow ties, and somehow managed to capture the essence of his era in work that was deceptively smart, wry and engaging. Perspective | Wayne Thiebaud’s artistic eye was so much keener than pop art confections 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z

I tended to play those characters that orbited around them: the rogues and the rat bags and the idiots and the fools and the clowns that sway the plot somehow from a tangent. Geoffrey Rush Loves to Play Rogues and Fools. A Genius, Too. 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z

At sunset, droves of visitors convene in Mallory Square to join the nightly gathering of magicians, jugglers, clowns, fortune-tellers, musicians, artists and food carts. Key West with kids — some explanations and exceptions required 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z

The first episode begins in Paris, where Chip is struggling as a student at a prestigious clown school, owing largely to the fact that he doesn’t speak French. No Clowning Around 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z

While the shoe boils, Herzog remarks that the movie industry makes clowns of its artists, as happened to Orson Welles, and even, he claims, François Truffaut. Werner Herzog: 50 years of potent, inspiring, disturbing films 2013-06-01T08:01:00Z

Bruce McKinnon brings a sardonic, slightly sneering edge to Touchstone, so often Shakespeare's most superfluous clown. As You Like It 2010-09-26T20:45:00Z

Peterson pulled on clown shoes, and the absent mothers of four children slid into the background. TV film throws the book at Drew Peterson 2012-01-16T21:49:00Z

It was at Studio Theatre that, as a child, he saw his first professional production, a bravura staging of “Waiting for Godot” with African American actors playing Samuel Beckett’s famous existential clowns. A playwright who’s at ease with causing discomfort 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z

Now, though, she’s a sweating clown pretending to be a monkey’s defense attorney. Francine Prose’s ‘Mister Monkey’ takes on the bananas world of children’s theater 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z

One year, the ringmaster plucked George and Jack from the crowd and led them into the arena, where clowns doused the boys with shaving cream.  A fond farewell to Ringling Bros. and the wonders of the circus 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z

Each attempted to transform their extreme embarrassment at having been duped by a British clown hiding behind layers of latex and spirit gum into some approximation of righteous anger at said comedian’s dishonesty. Sacha Baron Cohen reveals “Who Is America?” and the answer is terrifying 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z

Morris Dickstein, in his book “Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of the Great Depression,” notes, “The novel ends with Lem as a vaudeville clown being beaten nightly until he simply falls apart.” The Gig Economy Celebrates Working Yourself to Death 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z

Even Mr. Bazinet, the director of clowning, looks impressed, saying he can see now what they mean by rock opera. Arts & Leisure: How Do You Make a Whole Show Fly? 2011-06-08T12:00:00Z

First, there is the fact that he feels first and foremost like a clown. The case for Tim Curry's Pennywise 2019-09-14T04:00:00Z

In the 19th century, the clown was something like a poet, walking the line between reality and fiction and imagining an alternative to the status quo. Before Taylor Swift or David Bowie, There Was Sarah Bernhardt 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z

Tonight the wisdom and purity of Crystal's clowning crystallized in Franco's head and made him feel ashamed of himself for not caring more about this job that he thought was so beneath him. James Franco's Oscars of apathy 2011-02-28T14:45:00Z

Menacing clowns descend on Michigan after the 2016 presidential election in the new season of “American Horror Story.” What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘American Horror Story’ and ‘Like Crazy’ 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z

Actor Bill Skarsgård had a moment of clarity playing Pennywise, the scary clown in the new movie of Stephen King’s It, when he walked into a scene full of unsuspecting child extras. Innocence lost: Stephen King’s It and the real-life horror of kids in Hollywood 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z

Others — the queen with a detachable chin, a clown smile, a carrot stuck through her head — are not, and landed Mr. Condo in hot water when he brought them to the Tate Modern. Art Review: A Mind Where Picasso Meets Looney Tunes 2011-01-27T22:41:49Z