Oct 23, 2018
The evil clown is a
subversion of the traditional comic clown character, in which the
playful trope is instead rendered as disturbing through the use of
horror elements and dark humor. The modern archetype of the evil
clown was popularized by Stephen King's 1986 novel It. The
character can be seen as playing off the sense of unease felt by
sufferers of coulrophobia, the fear of clowns. The
word Coulrophobia possibly originates from Greek Kolon meaning
stilt or stilt-walkers which are often used by
clowns.
But clowns aren't all bad, right? Sometimes they get caught up in
tragedy themselves... there's nothing sadder than a sad
clown.
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