Clown

A clown is a person who performs comedy and arts in a state of open-mindedness using physical comedy, typically while wearing distinct makeup or costuming and reversing folkway-norms. The... Wikipedia

• Medium:  Physical comedy, acting, mime
• Types:  circus, contemporary circus, comedy, theatre, television, film
• Ancestor arts:  Jester
• Descendant arts:  Harlequinade, comedian
• Originating era:  18th – 21st century
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo