Make them laugh! If you like to clown around, then it's time to get serious about your talent. Clowning is also a serious art form. Being a clown means more than merely putting on silly makeup and jumping around. With this book you can use movement, makeup and costume, satire and a character you have developed to make people laugh. With these professional routines, tips and advice, you can become a master of slapstick performance. Discover your hat; How to say hello; Types of clown; Discover your clown; Clown fantasies; Secret thoughts of the clown; Warm ups; The whipcracker; The boxing gag; The levitation gag; The washerwoman; The wire walker; The balloon chase; Creating your own routines; Creating your image; Make up; Top author: has toured as a clown with Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus, appeared in Hollywood movies, and teaches acting for film and television at The New York School. By the same author: Be A Mime! the classic guide to performing without words (0-8069-6417-0; h/b 13.99; [copyright] 2002); Second revised and expanded edition of this classic book. Previous edition 0-8069-5804-9; [copyright] 1981
- ISBN10 0806958049
- ISBN13 9780806958040
- Publish Date 30 April 1999
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 14 February 1992
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Sterling Publishing Co Inc
- Imprint Sterling
- Format Paperback
- Pages 160
- Language English