tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1546665963755719151.post4557095119378671848..comments2023-07-15T07:17:49.535-04:00Comments on Professional Wrestling in U.S. Popular Culture: Doink the Clown a.k.a. What Nightmares Are Made OfSam Fordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17233749268141980625noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1546665963755719151.post-43684251813721847732014-09-28T22:42:37.143-04:002014-09-28T22:42:37.143-04:00Doink the Clown is a super interesting character w...Doink the Clown is a super interesting character within wrestling. Clowns are supposed to be pure and entertaining for kids, like you said, but in adult entertainment clowns are always made out to be bad characters. If a clown is the star of a movie that's above a PG rating, you can almost guarantee that the character that the clown plays is going to be an evil one. It's no different in Professional Wrestling, it seems. I also think it's interesting that a lot of people are scared of clowns. I have several friends that are scared of clowns and they all say it's from movies showing that clowns aren't so innocent. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03395957719046655355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1546665963755719151.post-71115562589294104462014-09-18T19:06:10.623-04:002014-09-18T19:06:10.623-04:00Absolutely. We could talk about the dividing line ...Absolutely. We could talk about the dividing line between Doink as a heel character, and how he functioned, versus all the potential that was lost when the character was turned face (and when Matt Bourne was no longer the primary performer of the Doink character). But, your larger point about the referee--referenced in Campbell--is something we'll see much more from in Freedman's essay that you're reading for your next round of posts. Look forward to your thoughts on that!Sam Fordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17233749268141980625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1546665963755719151.post-58029533890923107662014-09-18T11:28:35.172-04:002014-09-18T11:28:35.172-04:00Katie, what I especially like about Doink is that ...Katie, what I especially like about Doink is that it tapped into something pop culture at the time seldom addressed (other that Stephen King's It): clowns are creepy! Thus the gimmick, especially at first, played on this line of comical and yet dangerous. Timothy S. Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05759704121030358820noreply@blogger.com