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Shakes the Clown is a 1991 American black comedy film, written and directed by Bobcat Goldthwait, who performs the title role.It also features Julie Brown, Blake Clark, Paul Dooley, Kathy Griffin, Florence Henderson, Tom Kenny, Adam Sandler, Scott Herriott, LaWanda Page, Jack Gallagher, and a cameo by Robin Williams as Mime Jerry using the pseudonym "Marty Fromage".
Shakes the Clown is a dark comedy about a birthday-party clown (Goldthwait) in the grip of depression and alcoholism, who is framed for murder. Different communities of clowns, mimes and other performers are depicted as clannish, rivalrous subcultures obsessed with precedence and status.
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LaWanda Page (born Alberta Richmond; October 19, 1920 [2] – September 14, 2002) [4] [5] was an American actress, comedian and dancer whose career spanned six decades. Crowned "The Queen of Comedy" or "The Black Queen of Comedy", [3] Page melded blue humor, signifyin' and observational comedy with jokes about sexuality, race relations, African-American culture and religion.
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