FEAR OF CLOWNS

[RCMerchant]

I've heard of it. I don't get it.
Sure, John Wayne Gacy was creepy, and Sid Haig was cool- but I don't think of clowns as creepy.
Unless they're played by Lon Chaney-who is always creepy.

[LilCerberus]

I agree.
Clowns get a bum rap.

[Alex]

Used to work with a guy with a crippling fear of clowns. Of course any social event we were both at I did my best to make sure I wore my Killer Klowns From Outer Space tee-shirt.

[Svengoolie 3]

[claws]

Count me in as someone who doesn't think clowns are scary or creepy.

[The Burgomaster]

I thought the low-budget movie wasn't too bad . . .

[Pacman000]

I've never been afraid of clowns either.

[ER]

I think in the '00s it became fashionable to fake being afraid of clowns and I'm glad to see the backside of that silly fad.

[Pacman000]

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0489237/quotes/

Actually, The Nanny Diaries did have some creepy "French clowns."

But in truth they were just mimes with red lipstick & frilly collars.

[RCMerchant]

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0489237/quotes/

Actually, The Nanny Diaries did have some creepy "French clowns."

But in truth they were just mimes with red lipstick & frilly collars.

Mimes- I just want to punch them in the face.

[Pacman000]

Pantomime is cool:

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Mimes are not:

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(I'm generalizing a bit.  )

[LilCerberus]

Yes, offensive, politically incorrect, insensitive, let the boos roll in.....
http://youtu.be/B5PHaLmIyMc

[Alex]

I wonder if with the second part of IT coming up is now the right time for the WWE to bring back Dunk?

[Olivia Bauer]

I can understand why they may be unsettling for people to look at. However, even when I was a child I was never scared of them. I just thought they were super boring.

I had video games growing up. Dudes running around dressed like morons couldn't really keep up with Super Mario 64, frankly.

[Alex]

I've always put people's fear of clowns down to the make up distorting the facial topography, giving them exagerated and unnatural looking features. I could be entirely wrong, just my own personal theory.