Such was the daily uniform of Bozo the Clown, who entertained kids for decades when TV was in its infancy. “Sometimes they’re good; sometimes they’re bad. Other times, they’re laughing at your expense.”Radford traces bad clowns all the way to ancient Greece and connects them to court jesters and the Harlequin figure. “Stephen King didn’t invent the evil clown. “The fact is that we need both bad and good clowns because without the good clowns like Bozo, there’s no contrast, there’s no tension to make the evil or scary clowns entertaining or interesting,” Radford said.

Source: thestar March 24, 2018 19:41 UTC