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Article: Circus of fun and dreams
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- The Nelson Mail
- Article date:
- March 19, 2009
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All the world loves a clown, and Nelson is about to have a crowd
of them unleashed on its doorstep. Alice Cowdrey reports on the
unconventional Circus Oz. --------------------
Clowns make Justin McGinley feel a bit awkward, so when people
ask the 39-year- old what his occupation is, he says "physical
comedian".
"And then they say, 'What does that mean?' and I say, 'It's like
a Mr Bean or Charlie Chaplin clown rather than a white-faced old-
fashioned one'.
"My clown is gentle, low-status and sort of vulnerable."
McGinley's adaptation of the stereotypical balloon-twisting
entertainer is just one of many unconventional characters set to
lure about 5000 Nelsonians through the Trafalgar ...