Clowns

[mbarrick]

Why are 21st century clown costumes still locked in appearing like homeless men from the 1920's and 1930's? What kid is going to every going to get that reference? And even if they did, who finds an alcoholism induced bulbous red nose and the look of dishevelled homelessness amusing anymore? This style of clown in based in a bourgeois elitist scheudenfraude. It's like going down to the Lower East Side and laughing at the crack-heads and heroin addicts.

Comments

[magiknat.livejournal.com]

I love that you used the word "scheudenfraude" on Live Journal. That just made my day :)

[mbarrick.livejournal.com]

The word is so uncommon that if you Google it, this post already appears on the first page!

[magiknat.livejournal.com]

Some people spell it differently.