Clowns say they’ll train us greater than politicians – for one massive purpose
Clowns say they can teach us more than politicians because they admit when they’ve messed up. Which is funny, because we’ve had our fair share of clowns in charge in recent years.
Clowns say they can teach us more than politicians because at least they “accept failure”. They know when to fess up which makes them more responsible than our hapless leaders who never “accept when they are wrong”.
The performers believe their profession is more relevant than ever as it’s the perfect antidote to all the misery and negativity going on around the globe.
They are calling on Britain to bring out their inner jesters and use “laughter as an act of resistance” against the world’s turmoil.
The entertainers argue that they show people things from a “nonsensical point of view” which helps them realise things aren’t as bad as they seem.
And mocking authority, like clowns do, makes us realise we’re not as “powerless” as we think. Robyn Hambrook, left, the founder of the Bristol Clown School, said that the entertainers can help us become more resilient.
She said: “We are at the point of multiple crises in the world. “We might feel like we want to turn away from what we are seeing for our mental health.
“But the clown, through its parody, its playfulness, we can really highlight what’s going. Even through laughter as an act of resistance.
“What does it mean to laugh at serious issues? It allows us to relax and build resilience, and then address the issues. They invite us to see things from a nonsensical point of view.”
She argued that seeing the world in a “slightly different way”, as they do, can help people to escape the constant negativity.
“Sometimes the clowns are there mocking authority,” she said.
“Sometimes we can feel so powerless to those in charge. Just a little moment of inverting the power can be enormously empowering.”
Embracing your inner clown can also help people to “accept failure”, she said. “Our politicians, no one is willing to accept when they are wrong. But clowns embrace failure.
“When we laugh at clowns, we are laughing at their failure and then we see it within ourselves.”
She organised the Clown Congress, which took place over the weekend in Bristol to try and work out the future of the profession.
It took place after warnings that the circus act is at risk following depictions of clowns as evil in Hollywood films like It.
Our politicians are often lambasted for acting like clowns. But it turns out that this may have rubbed a few red-nosed funsters up the wrong way.
Real-life jokers think they’re actually much more responsible than our useless leaders who can never accept when they’re wrong.
The clowns believe they can teach us far more about the world, as opposed to a bunch of inept layabouts who never take any responsibility.
Their message is clear – we should all learn to be more clown.
In doing so, it will help us to embrace the world as it is and to realise it isn’t all that bad.
It’s not the worst idea we’ve ever heard. And there are far worse role models out there. So there’s only one thing for it –send in the clowns!
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