On a serious note, and hopefully not too off topic, yesterday i had a realization that:
Clowns have historically been a beloved character that entertained people across multiple mediums. Then that image was mostly tainted by the whole creepy clown thing, however one could consider drag performers to be the modern stand-in for clowning. I don’t believe it’s intentional but functionally they overlap on certain elements, they just tend to be more raunchy and counter culture