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The heyoka (heyókȟa, also spelled "haokah," "heyokha") is a type of sacred clown shaman in the culture of the Sioux (Lakota and Dakota people) of the Great Plains of North America. The heyoka is a contrarian, jester , and satirist , who speaks, moves and reacts in an opposite fashion to the people around them.
The clown travels around the circus helping people with their problems and gaining followers until he finally takes the place of Magnus's human puppets and is strung up and murdered. [10] Transformed by the clown's sacrifice, Magnus smears his face with white greasepaint and takes the clown's place on the donkey as Christ resurrected. [11] [12]
A Thousand Clowns is a 1965 American comedy-drama film directed by Fred Coe and starring Jason Robards, Barbara Harris, Martin Balsam, and Barry Gordon. An adaptation of a 1962 play by Herb Gardner , it tells the story of an eccentric comedy writer who is forced to conform to society to retain legal custody of his nephew.
The Clowns of God (1981) is a novel by Australian writer Morris West. It was originally published by Hodder and Stoughton in England in 1981. [1] This is the second book in West's "Vatican trilogy", following The Shoes of the Fisherman and preceding Lazarus. [2]
Frenchy the Clown – character of the national lampoon comic Evil clown comics series. Fun Gus the Laughing Clown - cursed character in the cosmic/folk horror novel, "The Cursed Earth" by D.T. Neal (Nosetouch Press, 2022). The Ghost Clown – evil hypnotist clown featured in the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! episode titled "Bedlam in the Big Top"
Godspell is a musical in two acts with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by John-Michael Tebelak. [1] The show is structured as a series of parables, primarily based on the Gospel of Matthew, interspersed with music mostly set to lyrics from traditional hymns, with the passion of Christ appearing briefly near the end.
Ceramic sacred clown by Kathleen Wall Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico. The Pueblo clowns (sometimes called sacred clowns) are jesters or tricksters in the Pueblo religion.It is a generic term, as there are a number of these figures in the ritual practice of the Pueblo people.
The Gravediggers (or Clowns) are examples of Shakespearean fools (also known as clowns or jesters), a recurring type of character in Shakespeare's plays. Like most Shakespearean fools, the Gravediggers are peasants or commoners that use their great wit and intellect to get the better of their superiors, other people of higher social status, and each other.