Clowns not laughing at Pennywise!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

No joke: The clown community is pretty mad at Stephen King. Now that Pennywise is back to terrify a new generation of youngins, professional clowns are claiming that the iconic horror villain has done damage to clowns’ reputations and cost them work.

“It all started with the original It,” WCA president Pam Moody, who performs as Sparky the Firefighter Clown to teach grade-schoolers about fire safety, told The Hollywood Reporter. “That introduced the concept of this character. It’s a science-fiction character. It’s not a clown and has nothing to do with pro clowning.”

Moody told THR that clowns are losing work because of the fear of clowns that comes with the resurgence of Pennywise and creepy-clown popularity: “People had school shows and library shows that were canceled,” Moody said. “That’s very unfortunate. The very public we’re trying to deliver positive and important messages to aren’t getting them.”

While King has acknowledged the clown community’s critique via Twitter — “The clowns are pissed at me. Sorry, most are great,” he wrote. “BUT … kids have always been scared of clowns. Don’t kill the messengers for the message.” — he seems relatively unbothered.

http://www.vulture.com/2017/08/world-clown-association-blames-pennywise-clowns-losing-work.html

[underpants]

1. Hurricanes nuclear games of chicken Nazis and now angry clowns

Great!
First The Fat Boys break up and now this!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

2. I know! Some days it just doesn't pay to get out of bed! 😢

[tymorial]

3. Oh please. It's not like he is a killer clown from outer space

[Floyd R. Turbo]

4. Who knew clowns were so sensitive?

[Hugin]

5. Clowns losing work is a bad thing?

If they really want to change their image they need to have a serious talk with John Wayne Gacy Jr... Oh, wait... He's dead.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

6. Killer idea!

[Docreed2003]

7. Wait a second???

You mean all clowns don't live in storm drains, lurking and waiting for the moment they can lure you close and rip your arm off??? Mind blown!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

12. Storm drain clowns are only a little less creepy than kid's party clowns!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. I thought clowns were creepy long before "It" came out.

Maybe it was John Wayne Gacy's clown costume.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

13. Damn!

[Fla Dem]

9. But really, kids young enough to enjoy clowns shouldn't be watching horror movies.

God knows what she was thinking. Maybe she just needed a few hours of peace and quiet, but my Mom had my Dad drop my older brother and me off at the movie theatre one rainy Saturday afternoon. What was playing in the double feature that afternoon?



I was traumatized for weeks. To this day, I hate horror movies.

Oh and it didn't help that my brother would walk the hall upstairs at night as Frankenstein just to torment me.

I totally hate clowns, for no particular reason, just think they're weird.

[Lochloosa]

10. A little more trauma. They weren't "quiet"

[Floyd R. Turbo]

14. I always loved horror flicks! Clowns always creeped me out! 😢

[Johonny]

21. No one should watch the typical King movie version

as they almost as a rule stink...there are a few good movie adaptions, but so many, many terrible ones. His quality control is iffy.

[irisblue]

11. CircusCircus Las Vegas...bad hotel, lousy casino

& Kids on the Vegas Strip?
Clowns should also be pissed, bigly, 'bout that mess.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

15. Very messed up! 😨

[Iggo]

16. It all started with the original It...

No.

It didn't.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

17. Loved King's response.

While King has acknowledged the clown community’s critique via Twitter — “The clowns are pissed at me. Sorry, most are great,” he wrote. “BUT … kids have always been scared of clowns. Don’t kill the messengers for the message.” — he seems relatively unbothered. 😏

[lame54]

18. They got the Whitehouse - what else do they want

[Floyd R. Turbo]

19. You owe clowns an apology!

[yardwork]

20. I got news for them - clowns have always been scary.

Stephen King got that idea from them, not vice-versa.

I have a story about It. Years and years ago I joined the Book of the Month Club to get the Oxford English Dictionary as a signing bonus. (People did that in those days before the Internet. It's hard to imagine now. Two huge volumes of tiny print and it came with a magnifying glass in its own little drawer.) Anyway. You had to send the postcard back if you didn't want the featured book each month. I usually declined the books but I missed a month by accident (or maybe the postcard got lost in the mail. You had to put a stamp on it and everything. We didn't have email.)

So I get this big book in the mail - It by Stephen King. I had literally never read a book by Stephen King but I said what the hell I'll keep it and so I started reading it. I was so hooked that I was driving home from work for lunch just to read it on my front porch. Loved it.

Never saw any of the It movies. Still never read anything else by King except some short stories.

[TexasBushwhacker]

23. I was thinking the same thing

I think John Wayne Gacy probably did more to damage clown's reputation in the 70's than Stephen King's IT did in the 80s.

[Callmecrazy]

22. They could always run for Congress...

[Floyd R. Turbo]

25. True!

[area51]

24. Well, the clown motel in NV is for sale

one youtube short here.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

26. Never in a million years would I stay there! 😨