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How clowns are perceived
When some people think of clowns, they picture brightly coloured hair, big smiles, and lots of laughs.
Others find clowns creepy with evil intentions hiding behind a cheerful, gruesome mask. The intense fear of clowns is called coulrophobia.
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Clowns pose a disconnect
People may also feel uncomfortable with clowns because the painted-on and exaggerated face pose a false expression, and that breeds distrust.
Sigmund Freud called this disconnect "uncanny". This "uncanny valley" is something computer animators and robot creators have diffi...
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The dark side of clowns
At the forefront of modern-day clowns are Joseph Grimaldi and Jean-Gaspard Deburau who excelled at making people laugh, but in real life, Grimaldi died as a penniless alcoholic and Deburau murdered a boy in the street.
They were not unusual. John Wayne Gacy, a professional clown, ...
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