Perhaps for some it's the garishly colored ill-fitting outfits. For others maybe, the monstrously exaggerated movements. Or the laughing... the laughing that never feels entirely sincere and seems to hide some deeply buried malice. Whatever nuances are woven into the fear, we can all seem to agree on one thing: The face. Whether you find it charming or dreadful, the face of a clown is a solid brick wall to us. It conceals something deeper, possibly darker. On this episode of the Age of Enfrightenment, step up close with your hosts to the painted face; close enough to see through the cracks in the wall, through centuries of more goose bumps than giggles.
EPISODE 16 Clowns and Carnivals
