Clowns

So in the creation of this flick, I have been making peace with clowns, all things clowns, and what clowns mean to me. Having always related to monkeys, I had a deep seated distrust of clowns, and never liked being in close proximity to them.

My views have changed.

Why? Having a child can really rip you apart. There is great joy but also terrible worries and stresses and the world tips and turns upside down on a regular basis. My boy Cameron has been undergoing a lot of tests lately for his "weird kid behaviors", and so there is constant blood being drawn, and samples being taken. It is very stressful to him and my wife and I. Sometimes we go to Scottish Rite Children's Hospital to have the tests taken.

This hospital is geared for kids, and it isn't the cold cruel antiseptic world you usually experiance. There are bright colors and gigantic train sets and aquariums everywhere.

Look, I'm not going to be eloquent here. There are some really sick kids out there who are going through some tough stuff. I ran into some clowns at Scottish Rite who were entertaining a little girl who was hooked up to some psychotic monitoring devices and who's legs were bent up, she sat in a big wheelchair, and these two clowns were doing their best to cheer her up.

I'm just saying, the kid broke a smile, and her caregiver said that it was the first time she had seen her smile in months.

MONTHS!

Monkeys, where were you man.

I'm changing charities. If you buy a copy of the movie, the money goes to the organization that provides the performers to these hospitals.

I don't care that hipsters hate clowns (actually I love that), I don't care that Patch Adams was a stupid movie. Don't care. Just don't. Clowns are anarchists. That's what I've learned from working on this movie. Monkey's are all "monkey see monkey do". Sure you get a Gacy every now and then. But I don't care. Don't care. Don't.

Charity changing. http://www.bigapplecircus.org/community/clown-care.aspx

SD