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A clown is a person who performs physical comedy and arts in an open-ended fashion, typically while wearing distinct makeup or costuming and reversing folkway-norms. The art of performing as a clown is known as clowning or buffoonery, and the term "clown" may be used synonymously with predecessors like jester, joker, buffoon, fool, or harlequin.
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clown | Ancestor arts | Jester | 1.00 | infobox |
| Clown | Descendant arts | Harlequinade, comedian | 1.00 | infobox |
| Clown | Medium | Physical comedy, acting, mime | 1.00 | infobox |
| Clown | Types | circus, contemporary circus, comedy, theatre, television, film | 1.00 | infobox |
| Clown | is a | person who performs physical comedy and arts in an open-ended fashion | 0.90 | text |
| Clown | is a | part of | 0.90 | text |
| Shakespeare's.The harlequinade developed in England in the 17th century | instance of | based on Elizabethan rustic fool characters | 0.80 | text |
| inspired by Arlecchino | instance of | based on Elizabethan rustic fool characters | 0.80 | text |
| the commedia dell'arte | instance of | based on Elizabethan rustic fool characters | 0.80 | text |
| the tramp or hobo | instance of | North American circuses developed characters | 0.80 | text |
| eyebrows emphasized in black | instance of | usually with facial features | 0.80 | text |
| Clown | related to 20th-century North America | In | 0.60 | section |
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