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| Photo by Rocco Rizzo Hudson Clearwater Festival 07 “Waffles” clown characterizations encompass far more than a funny costume or painted face. His clown characters represents a vision of the world that we all highly value, a sense of the comic. The stupidity we laugh at in viewing “Waffles” reflects our own potential foolishness, his antics although exaggerated, express a recognition of folly as an unavoidable part of life. “Waffles” parodies the stated norms and values of society, their ridiculous side, their pretension to certainty and he mocks our hope for orderly systems of thought and dependable sequences of logic when we take them as ultimate values. “Waffles” clown characterizations enacts acceptance of our human condition, all of it, the absurdity, the grotesqueness, the suffering and the tragedy. Audiences delight in “Waffles” antics as he pokes fun at all the established rules. Home Page |
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