While I was out one morning last week, I drove by one of those scary-clown mannequins, like the one below, that have become popular Halloween decorations.
As annoying and creepy as they may seem, clowns are still popular with a wide swath of the population. They are beloved for many people as circus and birthday party entertainers, and some people's fondest memories are of seeing a clown perform, being silly and ridiculous and also somewhat endearing, be it under the big top, or at a street fair.
I, of course, am not one of these people. I do have a memory of Ronald McDonald appearing at the grand opening at a McDonald's restaurant as a kid in Pennsylvania, but all I really remember was that he was there. As was I. Nevertheless, in addition to the sight of scary clowns on suburban lawns ever October being very depressing, the popularity of homicidal clowns, particularly in horror movies such as It and Circus of the Dead, is quite disturbing. Such movies exploit the sensitivities of people who have a fear of clowns. Never mind how these movies are meant to make people scream - just the fact that there are so many clown horror movies is enough to make me scream.
Hey, I have an idea - how about a romantic clown movie, a movie in which a cute lady clown removes her face paint for a man, turns out to be a beautiful woman, and makes love to him afterwards?
Oh wait, this is America, you can't show something like that - that's sick! A female clown taking off her makeup and revealing her face for a man - possibly revealing herself to be of a different race than he is - and then engaging in sexual intercourse with him, possibly still in her clown costume? Oh, that is so disgusting!
As opposed to a movie where a clown with a sadistic grin painted on his face chops people up with a machete or a chainsaw in hand. 😉
Happy Halloween. 😝
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