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  2. Stańczyk (painting) - Wikipedia

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    The Sad Clown Paradox is the concept that someone who looks happy on the outside is actually sad inside. A clown is usually associated with this paradox since clowns are usually seen as a happy figure, but this painting is also a representation of it, since Stańczyk is a jester, whose job is to entertain, yet he is shown in a moment of ...

  3. Sad clown paradox - Wikipedia

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    The sad clown paradox is the contradictory association, in performers, between comedy and mental disorders such as depression and anxiety. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] For those affected, early life is characterised by feelings of deprivation and isolation, where comedy evolves as a release for tension, removing feelings of suppressed physical rage through a ...

  4. Stańczyk - Wikipedia

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    In the play, Stańczyk accuses the Journalist, who calls the jester a "great man", of inactivity and passive acceptance of the nation's fate. At the end of their conversation, Stańczyk gives the Journalist his "caduceus" (the jester's marotte) and tells him to "stir the nation" but not to "tarnish the sacred things, for sacred they must remain ...

  5. File:Jan Matejko, Stańczyk.jpg - Wikipedia

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    This is a featured picture, which means that members of the community have identified it as one of the finest images on the English Wikipedia, adding significantly to its accompanying article.

  6. List of clowns - Wikipedia

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    Alex the Jester – "King of Jesters," speaks a contemporary version of the medieval gibberish language Grammelot. Andy Kaufman – American comic and practitioner of anti-humor; Avner Eisenberg – also known as Avner the Eccentric, a "Broadway" clown; Bill Irwin – Tony Award-winning clown known for his new vaudeville-style performances

  7. List of jesters - Wikipedia

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    The Funny Man, a demonic jester from the British comedy horror film, Funny Man, with a varied and imaginative repertoire of homicidal techniques and an irreverent sense of humour. Jester, Court jester of King Cradock in the TV series Jane and the Dragon. Jester, the Harlequin puppet in the Puppet Master films; Kyoami, in Akira Kurosawa's film Ran

  8. Margaret Keane - Wikipedia

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    Margaret D. H. Keane (born Margaret Doris Hawkins, September 15, 1927 – June 26, 2022) [1] was an American artist known for her paintings of subjects with big eyes. She mainly painted women, children, or animals in oil or mixed media.

  9. List of gestures - Wikipedia

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    TT: Made by making a fist and extending the thumb and index finger, making an uppercase 'T' shape. Hold your hands so the 'T' rests on both of your cheeks directly under your eyes, palms facing in. This sign indicates the user is upset or crying, as the sign illustrates tears pooling under the eyes and falling down their face.