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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Watch out for those seltzer bottles and pies!
Topless scene in a movie called Bloody Birthday. Nice.
Coulrophobia is perfectly normal.
We don’t need a movie or TV show to know that clowns are just creepy. And ventriloquist dolls literally are demons.
For the longest time, I never let on that clowns creeped me out. Other things that I dislike are dolls, ventriloquist dummies (which I perceive as demons), and manikins.
It is only within the last couple of decades or so that people have been more public with these fears. I think the fear/dislike has always been there; people just kept it quiet. Many people dislike things that look human but are not. Although I guess that clowns technically *are* humans... they just mask it.
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