Clown
Comic performer, often for children's entertainment
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A clown is a person who performs physical comedy and arts in an open-ended fashion, typically while wearing distinct makeup or costuming and reversing folkway-norms. The art of performing as a clown is known as clowning or buffoonery, and the term "clown" may be used synonymously with predecessors like jester, joker, buffoon, fool, or harlequin.
Clowns have a diverse tradition with significant variations in costume and performance worldwide.
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🇺🇸 Philippe Gaulier, Clown Who Taught Actors Like Sacha Baron Cohen, Dies at 82
Gaulier often insulted his pupils, but many became stars, including Sacha Baron Cohen, Emma Thompson and Rachel Weisz....
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