Posted on 04/07/2017 1:46:05 PM PDT by PROCON
Professional clowns have complained that the viral trailer for the new film version of Stephen King’s IT is stoking anti-clown prejudice comparable to racism.
Outraged members of the clowning community lamented that the remake of the 1990 horror series – a trailer for which has recently taken the internet by storm – is entrenching negative perceptions about them.
The two-and-a-half-minute teaser broke after racking up 197 million views in just 24 hours. It’s safe to say lots of people are excited about the return of Pennywise the killer clown – but not clowns themselves.
Interviewed for Mel Magazine, several professional clowns voiced their ire at the negative portrayal of their community that could only be bad for those trying to hustle their benign balloon animals.
“It’s ruining our business,” said 33-year-old Angelino Nick Kane, aka “Mr. Nick”.
It’s not all fun and games for seasoned clown Guilford Adams, aka “Gilly”, either. He has been clowning for 20 years. “It’s gonna be bad for clowns,” he said.
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They’re creepy because they look happy and fun until you look more closely, then you see a scowling ugly effer beneath the surface, kind of like Nancy Pelosi.
That was Chevy Chase, right?
Don’t think so. Voice doesn’t match..............
I thought it sounded like him, but it was Ken Shapiro, not Chevy.
Everyone should punch a clown!
Ken Shapiro played the naughty clown - Koko.
Chevy Chase and Richard Belzer (of all people!) played other parts....................
I heard of “The Groove Tube” back in the day, but had never seen it.
It was originally rated X.
I saw it at the drive-in as a teen.....................never forgot it........Kentucky Fried Movie is another good one of the same genre..................
What a shame that they didn’t come forward with their victimhood during the election. Hilary could have taken their pain and made another deplorable group “Clownophobes”
Such a missed opportunity.
And Obama would have signed an EO making it illegal to laugh at or shy away from anyone wearing a clown outfit.
Polka Dot Lives Matter
Clowns are creepy.
“The clown community is outraged.”
So were vaudeville performers. Past time to move past clowns. I’m 59 and hated them as a kid. Hate them now. No more clowns.
#clownlivesmatter?
Maybe that should be #clownlivessplatter!
hating a clown is not racism because being a clown is a choice made by the individual at anytime that person can stop being a clown because being a clown is based on the beief that one should laugh at that person because of the actions, dress and makeup.
now if you were to say you hated deformed side show freaks that would be wrong and racist because there is nothing one can do about having a deformity. having an extra foot or head can not be changed except by surgery as apposed to a clown who only has to use makeup remover.
My favorite; National Lampoon’s “Frenchy T. Clown” from the series “Evil Clown”.
As a kid I was never afraid of clowns. In fact, when I was very little, Bev Bergeron's "Rebo the Clown" (from "Mark Wilson's Magic Land of Alakazam") was my hero. I have read that the "evil clown" meme is actually very new. Historically people were never afraid of clowns until very recent times.
I know that Pennywise is now the first thing I think of whenever I see one.
If they are unhappy let them complain to author Stephen King.
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