The scary pranksters with red noses and outsize shoes running amok on the streets are the antithesis of a great tradition, says the celebrated clown teacher Schools were barricaded, Halloween celebrations banned. Knife-wielding "creepy clowns" have been terrorising the citizenry of suburban America and Europe. What's it all about? And whither the art form of Grimaldi and Grock, of Chaplin and, er, Krusty from The Sim…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12PM on November 4, 2016