Shakes the Clown

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Shakes the Clown is a 1992 movie directed and written by, and starring, Bobcat Goldthwait. The movie is a dark comedy about a birthday-party clown (Goldthwait) in the grip of depression and alcoholism. Different communities of clowns, mimes and other performers are depicted as clannish, rivalling subcultures obsessed with precedence and status.

Critical and audience reaction to the movie was decidedly mixed: Leonard Maltin gave it his lowest rating, while many performers adopted it as a cult classic.