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Evil Clown People Movies Shown Face Called Children

Id ESLPod_0947_CN
Episode Id ESLPod 947
Episode Title Seeing a Circus Performance
Title The Evil Clown
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Normally a clown is a "humorous" (funny) entertainer who tries to make people smile and laugh. But there is also a cultural image of the "evil" (very bad, connected with Satan or the devil) clown. In movies, the evil clown is usually shown with the same bright colors, "make-up" (painting on one's face), and large nose as regular clowns seen in movies, but they might have darker, black lines on the face and possibly blood.

"Horror" (a type of book that tries to scare people) writer Stephen King wrote a novel in 1986 called It. In that story, a "mysterious" (not known) creature appears to young children as a clown, but then "terrorizes" (deeply scares) them by "exploiting" (taking advantage of) their greatest "fears" (the things people are afraid of), and in many cases "murdering" (killing) them.

The Batman series has a very well-known clown, the Joker, who does bad things. And the "animated" (drawn in pictures) TV "series" (a group of related shows The Simpsons has an evil clown called Sideshow Bob who is always engaged in "plots" (plans) to do evil things.

Some psychologists believe that children are naturally scared of clowns, because they are reacting to a familiar body shape that has a face that has been painted to be unrecognizable. Other researchers note that the "appearance" (the way something looks or seems) of clowns is similar to that of "demons" (evil creatures, especially in hell), which are traditionally shown with "pale" (very light-colored) faces and a very large, red mouth.

Topics Entertainment + Sports

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