Same here, I kinda love clowns! People who call it creepy either had a bad experience (fair) or dont like how visually over-the-top it all is. Guess we’re so heavily trope-conditioned and hyperaware of any Deviance From The Norm in fashion, art etc. now (thanks to lib metaculture, ick) that nobody’s used to “”“Weird”“” traditions. I struggle to find a more lively kind of performance art that’s still alive in Western pop culture. Personally think Clowning should be a timeless order, like the Freemasons lmao
If clowns are considered “creepy” in North America, its no wonder us s have such stupid shit to say about our First Nations - our “culture” can’t even handle dancers in colorful masks! Our entertainment is men in suits with snappy arguments, that we absorb on TV between office shifts! Bullshit!!!
I think part of it is an actual inability to distinguish the art from the artist, and equating the skillful performance of apparent incompetence with actual incompetence, which is then reinforced by them being depicted that way by other media.
Also, pantomime is the only comparable performance art I can think of, which is often just clowning: the musical.
Same here, I kinda love clowns! People who call it creepy either had a bad experience (fair) or dont like how visually over-the-top it all is. Guess we’re so heavily trope-conditioned and hyperaware of any Deviance From The Norm in fashion, art etc. now (thanks to lib metaculture, ick) that nobody’s used to “”“Weird”“” traditions. I struggle to find a more lively kind of performance art that’s still alive in Western pop culture. Personally think Clowning should be a timeless order, like the Freemasons lmao
If clowns are considered “creepy” in North America, its no wonder us
s have such stupid shit to say about our First Nations - our “culture” can’t even handle dancers in colorful masks! Our entertainment is men in suits with snappy arguments, that we absorb on TV between office shifts! Bullshit!!!
I think part of it is an actual inability to distinguish the art from the artist, and equating the skillful performance of apparent incompetence with actual incompetence, which is then reinforced by them being depicted that way by other media.
Also, pantomime is the only comparable performance art I can think of, which is often just clowning: the musical.