| Clowns are the Marmite of the party entertainment | | | | that makes people laugh and keeps them entertained. |
| world (you either love them or hate them). Love | | | | 'Friendly clowns' are more often than not, children's |
| them or hate them, they have been around for | | | | party entertainers. You see although there are a lot |
| centuries. The clown speaks to something deep inside | | | | of people who suffer from 'coulrophobia', they are |
| of us and almost always invokes an emotional | | | | definitely in the minority. Most of us love clowns, |
| reaction whether it be positive or negative. For the | | | | they bring us fun, they entertain, and young children |
| most of us (myself included), the clown is a figure of | | | | just love them. |
| amusement, someone to laugh at, a fool in make-up. | | | | An artist from London decided to do an experiment |
| There are many people who find clowns to be scary, | | | | where she wore clown make up every day of Lent |
| it may be that they fear what the make up is hiding, | | | | 2010, she was interested in both her own experience |
| it may just simply be that they have seen the movie | | | | and the reaction that it would cause in people. Apart |
| 'IT' and have been left with an irrational phobia of | | | | from thinking that she was a bit unhinged and not a |
| them. Whatever it is that 'coulrophobia' sufferers | | | | little weird, she had a generally good reaction. Little |
| fear, it seems that they are not alone. | | | | children loved it and most adults laughed too. One |
| The fear of clowns is not only something exploited in | | | | group of teenagers screamed, but that was because |
| the film 'IT', there is a contemporary children's | | | | she had a hood on and they didn't expect the clown |
| entertainer in Switzerland who has created an evil | | | | face. What I think it shows is that we are always a |
| clown persona which parents may hire to scare their | | | | bit wary of someone in a 'mask', but deep down we |
| children (ref: Digital Spy). People get a kick out of | | | | love clowns because they show extremes of |
| being scared, hence the popularity of scary 'horror' | | | | emotion and allow us to see the ridiculousness of |
| movies and thrillers, it gets our adrenalin pumping and | | | | ourselves in someone else. Or maybe we just enjoy |
| reminds us that we are still alive. | | | | seeing someone act the fool! |
| The clown, as mentioned previously, is also a figure | | | | |