Clown Paintings (Diane Keaton & Friends Alert!)

Amazon ^ | 2002 | Diane Keaton

[theFIRMbss]

"This odd book is as much a look into the dark heart of Hollywood narcissism and juice as it is an excellent introduction to a grim, fascinating artistic subgenre. Keaton writes in her introduction that she came across a Don Barclay clown painting at a Pasadena Rose Bowl Swap Meet and "had an epiphany.... All of us have begged for attention and cried out in loneliness. Each and every one of us has been surprised and hurt, over, and over, and over, again and again, just like the exhausting, repeated shock that is the life of a clown." She has been collecting clown paintings ever since, and has become a proselytizer for the unsung genre. Here Keaton has collected 66 wrenching, full-color reproductions along with the responses of fellow thespians to her collection (and the collection of L.A. gallery-owner Robert Berman), since clowns and actors have "all gone for the laugh, sold out on occasion, dressed for effect, and paraded our hearts on our sleeves." Beginning with Woody Allen, Dan Aykroyd and Roseanne Cherri Barr, Keaton's book includes reflections from Ben Stiller ("When someone says `be funny' to me, I immediately want to hide, or punch that person in the mouth"), Steve Martin ("The Sex Life of Clowns") and Lisa Kudrow ("As a performer, I'm mostly associated with `witless' characters. Maybe the disdain is for myself") among many other high-wattage names. This unlikely combination of clown paintings and 33 texts by mostly comedic actors yields irony levels reaching the heights of Larry David's Curb Your Enthusiasm (many comedians hate their close cousins the clowns, and particularly clown paintings)-and is every bit as entertaining and affecting. This "monstrous and hideous" (as David calls it in his contribution) collection should prove a surprise hit and justify Keaton's pounding the pavement in search of these much maligned painted faces. Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc."

[theFIRMbss]

Diane Keaton. Clowns.
Her celebrity friends... Wow.
One book has so much...

[Ditter]

Did you see Diane Keaton at the Academy Awards? She looked like a clown in her goofy hat, high collar & tie. Everyone else was in elegant evening gowns. Get over yourself Diane, you already did that, remember?

[sarasota]

We just want you to entertain us. Keep your clown feelings to yourselves. If the money associated from your career can't buy you happiness, change careers, give your money to charity and try something new.

[Jmouse007]

It is funny Diane Keaton wrote a book entitled "Clowns"! This is the truth, when I saw the way she was dressed at this years Oscars the first word that popped into my mind was that she looked like a CLOWN! I thought she looked emotionally frail. We might want to keep her in prayer, I believe she is nearing the end of her life, has seen all that "Hollywood" has to offer and found that it is "vanity, vanity, all is vanity".

Speaking of clowns, Joan Rivers has had so much plastic surgery/botox etc, she looks like Michael Jackson. She looked totally unnatural, like the lady from the movie Brazil whose face ended up falling off. It is so scary/bad that most of the time the camera shot her from behind so as to NOT show her face when she was interviewing celebs on the Oscar red carpet!

[martin_fierro]

Clown Photos.

[Sally II]

I think clowns are a little creepy.

[theFIRMbss]

>I think clowns are a little creepy

[theFIRMbss]

>when I saw the way she was dressed at this years Oscars the first word that popped into my mind was that she looked like a CLOWN! I thought she looked emotionally frail. ...

You can take the girl out of Annie Hall, but you can't take Annie Hall out of the girl. Things that look cool on girls can look bizarre on women . . .

[theFIRMbss]

>"Keaton writes in her introduction that she came across a Don Barclay clown painting at a Pasadena Rose Bowl Swap Meet and "had an epiphany ...."
>>We just want you to entertain us. Keep your clown feelings to yourselves

We have to wonder what would have happened to her if she had seen this . . .

[sarasota]

Joan Rivers really toned down her red carpet comments as well as the fashion report broadcast last night. She apologized to Diane Keaton and remarked how terrific she looked...yeah, try to keep the celebs on your side. Many red carpet divas avoided her or cut her off. I think her daughter should start looking for a replacement. Her mother is just totally over.

[Sally II]

LOL! I think I saw part of that movie on tv a few months ago. Isn't that the one where the clowns had guns that shot out popcorn?

Here's the website I was originally looking for. It has a great archive of evil clown pictures and personal stories that people have submitted about their own evil clown encounters.

[theFIRMbss]

>Isn't that the one where the clowns had guns that shot out popcorn? [Killer Klowns from Outer Space]

Yeah, evil popcorn. And kidnapped humans got turned to cotton candy . . .

[Humidston]

All those Hollyweird types hold themselves in entirely too much esteem.