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thecoulrologist · 8 months

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Here's hoping he doesn't breach containment ;o)

#coulrology #clown husbandry #clownblr #clowncore #clown posting #clown #coulrophobia #clown facts #fun facts #clownery #jerma985 #jermaposting #jerma #jermacore #twitch #twitch streamer #streamers

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naptimeclown · 1 year

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I got through that movie and 4 baskets of clothes and I'm still foaming at the mouth so here's a circus fact. (Actually more just a clown fact since he wasn't in a circus as far as we know)

Gordon Bunch is believed to be the first African American person to perform as a clown but not very much is known about him. In 1904 he was booked as a performing artists at the St. Louis World's Fair to promote their top exhibit, Jim Key The educated horse. Jim Key was formerly owned by P.T. Barnum and was purchased and raise by an African American veterinarian by the name of Dr. William Key. The horse could spell, do math and other logical tricks.

A newspaper from that November wrote an article stating "Gordon Bunch, whose pantomimic feats in front of Jim Key, and his excellent makeup as a clown, have been most attractive, is another old-timer in the profession, and his work during the summer has been remarkable at producing results at the box office." So if they're calling him an old timer here he had obviously been performing for quite some time previously but this is the earliest account we can find. But hold on it gets a bit sour from here.

After the world's fair Bunch went on a Midwestern tour with the horse. And later joined the vaudeville circuit. Here is where things take a turn, I've summarized an article of an unfortunate evening for Gordon Bunch and this is really the most we know about him which is also extremely unfortunate.

April 9, 1910

While doing a show in Indianapolis a fire broke out in the vaudeville house Bunch was performing at that evening, everyone made it out except a young white woman who was left behind. Even though he was still in his makeup he rushed back in to rescue her and bring her to safety. She was unconscious when he brought her out but eventually came to and asked to kiss the man who saved her. By now Bunch was standing a ways out of the crowd trying to get his makeup off. She went over and when she finally spotted him she screamed a racist slur at him and then fainted. Gordon Bunch was then held in jail for 24 hours for making a white woman faint.

This is an extremely terrible thing to happen but thankfully from what I could find Gordon Bunch went on to continue to have a successful career in vaudeville!

#Clown facts #mentions of racism #i wish i could find out more about him the only info that comes up from a search is a blog post from the international clown hall of fame #which just says what i just summarized #rambling #clowncore

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nomorebearsinjail · 1 year

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Faced with a notoriously corrupt traffic police force, sky-high traffic fatality rates, and chaos on the roads, Bogotá mayor Antanas Mockus took bold and audacious action: he disbanded the corrupt cops and offered to retrain and rehire them… as mimes. Using popular education techniques, the traffic mimes fanned out through the city, mocking lawbreakers, applauding courteous drivers, and dramatizing the frustrations and challenges of citizens moving through traffic. The result: a 50 percent drop in traffic fatalities, reduced traffic gridlock, and a marked shift in the traffic culture of the city.

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#clownblr #clowns #mimes #clown #clowntown #mimecore #clown facts #clown posting #clown community

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aimbutmiss · 4 months

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I CAN'T STOP LAUGHING AT THIS SEQUENCE Zoro looks so concerned

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sergle · 8 months

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When ppl will create a "curvy" girl character and get pretty much the whole body's proportions right, obviously they're putting emphasis on bust/hips but it seems like it's being executed well--- except that they completely, fully, and deliberately, skip the stomach entirely. Just nothin there. Not even a whisper. I'm like. Just sack up, make it make sense and be honest with yourself by making it official and say it's canon that they got a tummy tuck. You cowardly ass, yellow bellied, wet brained, upside-down dog mouthed dirty bitch.

#it'll look so uncanny bc it'll be like oh this more or less looks like it could be a body type I've seen on a real pers--- oh wait #you TOTALLY flattened the stomach for like no goddamn reason and you still want points for making her curvy. pass.#if ppl clown on this post I will not hesitate to turn off rbs and call a bomb threat to your house #sergle.txt #do you know what I mean though. like actually #you want EVERY aspect of a body type that does in fact. exist. very commonly actually. in the proportions you want #you want it all but you are so allergic to ANY substance on the stomach. so what now.#anything but the stomach. literally impossible to draw apparently #I'll be like ah maybe it's obscured with the clothing or pose but I see other art and I'm like oh no nvm it's on purpy.#''why does it have to be a plausible body type'' why put in any effort at all. why draw. why depict women ever. why wake up in the morning #nut up or shut up.

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monsterqueers · 5 months

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Im just really annoyed about how people just fucking hate it when the kids they were jealous of and hated in school for not also getting bad grades also report being fucking traumatized by the school system.

Yeah sorry school traumatizes everyone, even the 'ex-gifted kids' you fucking hate because god forbid someone wasnt exploited and overworked the same way you were.

Sorry a group of predominately neurodiverse people experiencing burnout and how their upbringing of being only valued for their academic performance totally fucked their ability to function in the real world dare talk about this pain where you can see.

Its not being privileged and ~humblebragging~ to report emotional neglect from your parents centered around you having to get perfect grades to receive any scrap of love.

Wishing violence on them for talking about it and finding each other isn't cute either.

And because these people need it stated extra clear

This post is NOT saying other groups of people 'had it less bad'. This is about a specific phenomenon of vitriol towards a oft neurodiverse group of people commiserating about how they were screwed over by the system under the label 'gifted kid' NOT whatever else you are imagining im saying. <3

#clown on this post and get blocked #dismissing abuse reports because you think the people being screwed over by the system differently threaten you somehow is wrong sorry <3 #rebloggable but if it breaches containment too hard I might lock it to avoid the piss on the poor crowd #these ppl do not realize part of the point of 'ex gifted kid' is the fact that the label WAS bunk & was just used as an excuse to abuse us!#thats literally half of the talk & theory! We were just normal kids!!! Thats the fucking point!! Its not being elitist its the opposite!!#blocked and unfollowed 3 different people for threats of violence towards anyone who identifies with 'ex gifted kid' which inspired this

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officialmiintee · 1 year

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tokyo revengerifies your blue lock >:))

#artists on tumblr #fanart #blue lock #blue lock fanart #isagi yoichi #bachira meguru #nagi seishiro #reo mikage #sae itoshi #itoshi rin #shidou ryusei #the mental gymnastics i did to avoid bcis being in pain bc theyre originally supposed to be projected thru bajitrio #only for me to put BCIS IN THE STABBY SCENE I AM A CLOWN SOMETIMES #A VERY BIG CLOWN IN FACT #mint archive ; art

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weedle-testaburger · 2 years

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Yk something that lowkey really bugs me? I hate how often when people talk about Steven Universe in terms of LGBTQ rep, there’s always this stupid 'I know, but’ angle to it. Quite frankly, I don’t give a shit about the stuff other people don’t like about its writing (hell, quite frankly there are plenty of things that are arguably better regarded which I find less compelling or worse written). It was a series with not just one or two but literally dozens of queer characters, and told a story about self-acceptance and fighting against bigoted systems of power that spoke to me and a lot of people, one which didn’t pretend prejudice and abuse don’t exist like some shows with LGBTQ rep like to. And it did it before almost any other kid’s shows even touched the subject- you wouldn’t have stuff like She-Ra or TOH without it and their showrunners have basically said as much. It deserves to be treated as the jewel in the crown of Gay Cartoons and not just some also-ran.

#steven universe #rant over #sorry but if i see one more fucking person defending it go 'well they rushed the ending but-' 'well the fandom was shit but-'#i'm gonna fucking break something because what you think of that shit doesn't matter #compared to the objective fact it proved there was a massive audience for lgbtq content for children #and young people #oh and shoutout to james woodall for that video explaining why change your mind is really good #if you clown on this i will block you btw not exaggerating

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biggest-gaudiest-patronuses · 1 year

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It's gonna be my BIRTHDAY soon and I really need to rustle up some CASH so if u feel like this blog has made your life MEASURABLY WORSE (or just weirder) over the past year, perchance consider tipping your town fool? THANK YOU (kofi / paypal)

#i am wiggling the bells on my stupid hat in a suggestive and inappropriate manner #I'm a public jester in the sense that i am constantly in the town square singing bawdy songs & hitting myself in the face w/ garden rakes #despite the fact that literally nobody requested my presence #so not a jester not nearly of a high enough class to be a jester #a rodeo clown perhaps #...quick someone make a alignment chart of tumblr funnymen the categories are #first axis ranges from Court Jester to Town Fool #second axis is just clowns. Mimes. Rodeo Clowns. Circus Towns. Villainous Clowns #I have no idea how you would organize that spectrum but surely it must exist. the Spectrum of Clowns

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charlietheepicwriter7 · 5 months

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Why is it always Hellva Boss earworms that make me come up with ideas?

So, during the whole Freakshow thing, it wasn't true mind control. Danny was definitely affected, but it messed with his self esteem and emotions to the point where he damaged all of his relationships and is considering running away. Freakshow, who was a little bit smarter in this, then reveals that he knows Danny's a halfa and hey, why don't you join my ghost circus while you figure some things out.

So Danny becomes a clown because he's always liked clowns, and if you've seen the new episode, you know what happens next

and over the course of a few years, Freakshow isolates Danny from his family and friends, indoctrinates him into the crime side of business, and gaslights Danny into thinking he's nothing without him. Danny loves performing, but is so beaten down that he thinks he can't leave even if that's what he wants. Danny's a famous performer at this point, even if no one knows his real identity. The other ghosts aren't really a comfort since they're mind controlled.

The Justice League, specifically Young Justice, already know that Circus Gothica is a crime ring, but have no evidence to get them arrested bc the ghosts (who they think are just metas) are too good. The leader during the thefts (Danny) is the only one they've ever been able to get close to. Maybe at some point, Tim!Robin and Danny get trapped and Danny has a panic attack for failing Freakshow? Something happens that makes Tim convinced Danny isn't a criminal willingly, but he can't convince the others.

Danny and Klarion somehow end up dating. Freakshow joins the light, probably, and the two work really well together. Klarion asks Danny out, and Danny was really reluctant since he hasn't had... anyone, in years, but they date and it's just another thing for Freakshow to hold over his head.

Eventually, Freakshow gets the inkling that Danny isn't working as hard as he should be so he puts "Greatest Clown in the World" contest, and tells Danny that all the clowns who don't win will be immediately killed.

Danny is horrified, but he can only care about himself right now, so he's working his ass off.

(Meanwhile, in Gotham, the Joker tried to join, but the Batman broke in, stole all his bones, and left him in the hospital for a few months)

So Danny's putting his all into this performance, but Young Justice finds out about the murder bit and infiltrates with, IDK, disguised Nightwing? Klarion is also there to support his man.

Danny ends up tying with Nightwing, and the tie-breaker is a three minute performance and whoever's more entertaining wins. Danny has a panic attack during Nightwing's performance and Tim and Klarion team up to talk to Danny.

Danny's convinced he will be nothing without Freakshow (literally, he might fully die), so while Klarion helps him feel better about his skills, Tim finally gets the deets about Danny's whole situation. Tim logics that Freakshow mindcontrolling this other dimensional species + Danny is half this species = Danny is being mind controlled, pissing off Klarion while Danny thinks back to what happened when Circus Gothica first came to town.

His irrational anger at family and friends, his desperate need for approval from Freakshow, how he never even considered going independent, how he thought he was immune to the mind control staff despite being half ghost.... He's pissed. He wants to quit.

So he tells Tim that YJ needs to get the staff during his performance; without it, Freakshow wouldn't be able to mind control anyone. And he goes on to give his performance.

As for that... look, 2 Minute Notice is an amazing song with amazing choreography. the only thing i would add would be a quad somersault during the trapzee part.

Danny proves himself as an amazing clown, Freakshow gets arrested since Danny is willing to testify against him, the ghosts are free, and Klarion later murders Freakshow in a cell because that's his boyfriend, you pathetic excuse of a warlock.

"Freakshow, you sad sack of shit! Fuck you!"