clown act
Painted-face performance
A clown act is a comedic performance, typically involving physical humor, pratfalls, and exaggerated antics.
Beyond literal circus or stage contexts, the phrase describes behavior that's foolish or attention-seeking: His apology was just a clown act—he wasn't sorry at all.
Someone told to take your clown act somewhere else is being dismissed as unserious or ridiculous.
- circusTraveling entertainment with performers
- big topMain circus tent
- circus ringPerformance area for acts
- jugglingSequential toss-and-catch performance
- slapstickExaggerated physical humor
pratfall · pie · rubber chicken · honk · red nose · floppy shoes · balloon animals · tumbling · gag · buffoon · jester · mime · comedy · antics · trick · funny business · squirting flower · unicycle
- solo actssolo performance, one-man show, one-woman show, solo concert, stand-up
- circuscircus, big top, ringmaster, acrobat, acrobats
- live actsmagic show, juggling, acrobatics, trapeze, fire breathing
- performancestalent show, dance routine, ballet, variety show, musical
- variety actsacrobat, juggling, aerialist, magic, trapeze
- Visual Comedyslapstick, pratfall, pratfalls, sight gag, sight gags
clown acttragedy
Disastrous or sorrowful event
dramatic performance · Shakespearean tragedy · high drama · Greek tragedy · dramatic monologue
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