clownishness

SOCRATES: And ignorance, and what is termed clownishness, are surely an evil?

Philebus

And ignorance, and what is termed clownishness, are surely an evil?

PHILEBUS

This is going to be a test for Sen. Obama; if he can get through this kind of clownishness without losing it, he will have earned whatever prize is at the end of the trail.

The Wright Stuff

I can see how his combination of gentle clownishness and fierce curmudgeonliness would have a muse-like effect on the people he works with.

Serious and Silly Filmmaking in Denmark

Like no one before him or since, he shows the clownishness of playing at revolution—clownishness that, in this novel, results in tragedy.

To the Barricades! Revolutionaries in Novels

Anyone who repeats the NPR spin majors in clownishness.

Send in the Clowns

I also find Rylance's outfit a tad too obvious in its clownishness.

Michael Giltz: Theater Reviews: "Lombardi" Scores A Field Goal; "La Bete" Better For Actors

Tracy wholeheartedly rejects hard work (this is best captured in the episode called "The Natural Order," in which it is demonstrated that only in an "upside-down" world could Tracy be asked to sincerely labor), and so he relies on his preternatural clownishness and the coattails of his paternal writers and producers for success.

Zeeshan Aleem: Is 30 Rock the Most Racist Show on Television?

In the clownishness that we regard as presidential campaigning, none of the contenders has much to say on the matter.

The Art of Unpolicy « Isegoria

But because Beck enjoys the backing of the Murdoch empire, with millions of devoted viewers and listeners, his clownishness, whether intentional or not, is not merely his problem but ours as well.

Eric Alterman: Think Again: Glenn Beck and the Uses of Anti-Semitic Propaganda