Clowning is a strange animal. Dimitri's daughter, Masha, said it: "So many clowns; so many bad ones." Why? I think it's because we, as Americans, need to orchestrate our attempts at clowning so that no one ever fails. But, if no one ever fails, then no one can be great either. That's the problem. Everyone wants to "have it down," but a CLOWN NEVER HAS IT DOWN. NEVER.
So people might as well get used to that. To feeling uncomfortable and at a loss - FOREVER! There is no getting around it. Unless one is on the edge at all times, who will care in 2009? People have seen everything. Perhaps there will always be a place where the classic routines are performed WELL, and are preserved. That's OK, I think, but if one is talking about cutting edge clowning, one is in a land beyond Beckett.
Les Chiche Capons is a hot, new, modern clown group from France. I hear they are histerically funny. They are not like anyone else. 'Nuff said.
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