Shakes the Clown
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Actor: Blake Clark, Bruce Baum, Eliza Coyle, Julie Brown, Steve BeanBrand: Sony
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 1.85:1
Running Time: 87 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-04-04
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Movie Reviews of Shakes the Clown
Movie Review: Shakes the clown...either you get it or you don't...maybe
Summary: 5 Stars
People who say that "Shakes the Clown" viewers fall into two categories (either you get it or you don't) are slightly off-base. Actually, there are four categories: those who understand it as satire and appreciate it as such; those who understand that it's satire but are turned off by its ridiculousness and crudeness; those who think it's funny strictly for the crudeness (but don't get the satire); and those who simply don't like it and don't get it at all, considering it to be a complete waste of time. If you're one of the people who is actually astute enough to appreciate the satire, cynical enough to agree with its dark worldview (and yet idealistic enough to believe in happy endings, however contrived), and silly enough to not consider yourself above a little scatological humor, this movie is for you, especially if your sense of humor leans towards the absurd (this group would likely include people who laugh out loud throughout "Dr. Strangelove" or fans of Monty Python who realize that the Ministry of Silly Walks is an indictment of the frivolous misspending inherent to a Socialist bureaucracy and that the Spam skit is a satire of food rationing in postwar Britain, and not just about silly voices and singing Vikings).
In the satire "Shakes the Clown," we observe a microcosm of the entertainment industry which doubles as a microcosm of society at large: the rodeo clowns (most likely representing country & western singers / actors / entertainers [or any red state rural dwellers]); the mimes (Broadway actors / actresses [or blue state "arty" yuppies]); and the birthday party clowns (TV and B-movie actors / actresses [or the blue-collar working class of any political stripe]). It is probably very telling in Goldthwait's usage of the clown motif just what he thinks about the entertainment industry and his place within it, but it is never less than on-point in its observations of societal schisms and how they are often rooted in class and culture differences. And as dark, subversive satirical comedies go, it ranks up there with the first "Friday" movie (the only decent movie in that franchise), "Bubba Ho-Tep," "Bad Santa," and "Borat," to name a few, and it shares their sense of the bizarre and the tasteless. If this sounds like your idea of entertainment, you may well find this movie to be one of your all-time favorites (it's one of mine), but if you think the whole thing just sounds silly, dumb or gross, then definitely steer clear.
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