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== Clowns ==
As discussed at the trope entry, [[Monster Clown]] is about the ''only'' clown portrayal that exists in fiction these days, aside from the occasional case of the clown who [[Hates the Job, Loves the Limelight]], which isn't much better. While the basis for [[Real Life]] mime dislike is their being annoying, clowns have the baggage of more ostentatious appearances and criminals (i.e., murderers, pedophiles) like John Wayne Gacy. On top of this, they're not seen as particularly talented performers even in non-evil portrayals (i.e., the obnoxious birthday party clown). The fact that circus, the medium in which most of the best and often non-stereotypical [[Real Life]] clowns work, is not as popular as it once was doesn't help.
Addressing someone as "a clown" when they're not actually engaged in live artistic performance as one is a fairly common pejorative.
For instance, in [[Music]]:
* [[wikipedia:Charlie Brown (The Coasters song)|Charlie Brown]] by The Coasters ("Charlie Brown / Charlie Brown / He's a clown / that Charlie Brown / He's gonna get caught / Just you wait and see / (Why's everybody always pickin' on me?)") dates to 1959.
* [[Bob Rivers]]' parody of [[Bruce Springsteen]]'s "I'm Goin' Down" (as "The Dow is down, down, down, down / The NASDAQ's down, down, down, down / Greenspan's a clown, clown, clown, clown / My stocks are down...") is more of the same.
== [[Everyone Hates Mimes|Mimes]] ==
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