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- PEOPLE, Page 73Emmett Killjoy
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- By MICHAEL QUINN/Reported by Wendy Cole
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- There are those who think nothing quite compares with the
- experience of being entertained by a clown . . . with the
- possible exception of being trapped inside a kettledrum during
- an all-Sousa concert. Such Bozophobes may welcome Shakes the
- Clown, comedian-borderline hysteric BOBCAT GOLDTHWAIT'S
- film-noir farce that depicts clowns as foulmouthed rummies --
- much to the horror of the wig-and-whiteface set. Some 150 clowns
- withdrew from opening-day festivities after learning of the
- film's contents. "Helping to promote Shakes the Clown would be
- like a group of doctors promoting a slasher film," says clown
- activist Joe Barney, who dismisses the movie as "clown bashing."
- Goldthwait says he never disliked clowns -- until now. "They
- have the same sense of humor as Jesse Helms. It's becoming The
- Last Temptation of Bozo."
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