Professional Clowns Are Furious Over the Film Adaptation of Stephen King's IT
The first trailer was recently released for the feature film adaptation of Stephen King's It and people seemed to love it! It definitely got me excited to see the movie and judging from what I've seen, it looks like it's gonna be a great and scary flick!
Not everyone is happy about the film, though. A group of real life clowns are kinda pissed off about the movie. These are the clowns that are hired out for birthday parties and they don't want another wave of creepy-clown paranoia spreading across the country.
Guilford Adams, a 42-year-old L.A. resident who has performed as “Gilly” the clown tells Mel Magazine, "It’s gonna be bad for clowns", and 33-year-old Nick Kane of L.A. who goes by the name of "Mr. Nick" says "It’s ruining our business."
They are afraid that It will "make kids so terrified of clowns that their parents will stop booking clowns for birthday parties." One clown even says that he’s already "experiencing the negative effects of the It remake: He noticed a considerable drop in traffic to his Yelp page in the days immediately following the trailer’s release."
I think those creepy-ass clown stalkers that were all over the place last year did more harm to the clown community than this trailer for It. It's not like parents are going to take their kids to see this crazy R-rated horror movie so it shouldn't really affect anything unless the parents are going out of their way to show their kids the movie.
It’s never been harder to be a clown, all of them say. Clowns were once a source of entertainment and even joy, but their depiction in the media has robbed them of their wholesomeness and transformed them into something children fear.
Personally, I didn't need to see a horror movie to tell me clowns are creepy. The first time I laid eyes on a clown was all I needed to instill that fear! Hell, has the clown community ever recovered from the serial killer John Wayne Gacy, who was a clown named "Pogo" for his day job?
Starting a controversy like this is definitely a great way to get in the press to drum up marketing and business!