CW: Clowns, Scary Clowns
Remy, M, and Karen discuss the difficulties of clownbirth, and also what do eggs have to do with it?
Jokes aside, we discuss a bit of clown history— where did they come from? Where are they now? How are they dealing with a world that has decided to dislike and fear them? Maybe we actually like and appreciate clowns. Maybe we’ve all got a little bit of clown inside of us.
This link takes you directly to the website for the Clown Communion people if you’re so inclined to read up on what they do.
Further Reading: A history of the circus from the Victoria and Albert Museum. This is a broad view of the circus as a whole and not just clowning.
Further Reading: This is a history of pantomime as it leads up to clowning as we know it presented by the Victoria and Albert Musuem.
This links to a 1959 news article about the life of Joseph Grimaldi that I just found interesting.
This is an article about the life of Joseph Grimaldi before he became the founder of modern clowning and after.
This links to a video about the Clown Church in London and its Grimaldi service.
This links to Luke Stephenson’s website and his clown registry book.
This is Clowns International in the event you want to check out everything they’re doing.
This is a really great article from the Smithsonian talking about Debbie Smith, the current egg painter.
And finally, this just links to a picture of Stan Bult painting the original chicken eggs.
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