Things have really changed since Judy Garland and Gene Kelly sang that particular song back in the 1940s. In fact, I would have to say that nearly half the zombies at last Saturday's Denver Zombie Crawl down on the 16th Street Mall were clowns. Clowns really have a bad rap these days. It wasn't always so, of course. They used to be one of the highlights of the circus when it came to town. Often they were seen as tragic figures. My sister Susan met a number of clowns that my Grandfather Spillard knew from his days back in vaudeville. Once vaudeville died, the circus was often the only place they could get jobs, and getting laughs even there was often a struggle for them. Now of course circuses are mostly gone, thanks to the efforts of PETA. But, in any case, I do have to admit the zombie clowns do seem pretty damn creepy.
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