Originally published at: We're not goofing off here! Clowns sue Clowns.com - Boing Boing
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And not clown.ing? Seems like an obvious oversight.
One of the problems their industry faces is that every time they try to put together a labor protest march everyone thinks it’s a parade.
“Your honor, the plaintiffs made no representations as to their ability to juggle, take a shaving cream pie to the face, ambulate while balanced on a large ball, pull a bouquet of paper flowers from their sleeve, or fit 15 of the plaintiffs into a Mini Cooper.”
Late-stage capitalism makes clowns of us all.
Labor unions have often used some unsavory characters to fight back against the management’s own unsavory tactics with questionably legal approaches. But when the Derry, Maine branch of the American Federated Union of Clowners, Goofers, and Gambolers began making kids disappear into the sewers, they really crossed a line.
If they lose, it’ll be a clown-carriage of justice!
A friend of mine used to clown for RBB. It can definitely be hard work.
I have.a friend who went to clown college, and a couple more who studied broader circus arts. That shit is way harder than they get credit for.
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