History Film / ShakesTheClown

* BludgeonedToDeath: Owen Cheese meets his maker when, in a fit of rage over his use of cocaine being noticed, grabs one of Shakes' juggling pins and [[DeadlyEuphemism juggles around Cheese's brain]] with it.

''Shakes the Clown'' is a 1992 BlackComedy movie written and directed by Creator/BobcatGoldthwait, who also stars as the title character.

* NamesTheSame: [[WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends Binky the Clown.]]

* CorruptHick: The rodeo clowns.

* NiceHat: One of Palookaville's plainclothes cops wears a porkpie. [[AwesomeAnachronisticApparel In 1991.]]
** Similarly, Shakes's boss wears a zoot suit, complete with hat.

* ClusterFBomb: [[UpToEleven Oh, so many]].

* {{Jerkass}}: Binky, who [[spoiler: kills Shakes' boss and father figure with a bowling pin when caught snorting cocaine. And then tries to frame Shakes.]] He was not even a nice guy to begin with.

* MonsterClown: Binky, but several others could be seen as this.

* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Boots and Ho-Ho (Binky's {{Mooks}}).

Shakes is an alcoholic party clown who's on the verge of getting fired, as his drunken shenanigans often end up ruining the kids' birthday parties he performs at. On top of that, his drinking is messing up his relationship with his girlfriend Judy (Julie Brown), a [[FanServiceWithASmile waitress in the clown bar Shakes frequents]] and aspiring professional bowler. When he passes out at a bar for clowns that him and his two friends frequent, he winds up being framed for the murder of his boss. Said friends and Judy help him evade the law and two witnesses to the actual murder (who chase after him) as Shakes, while posing as a mime, finds out who's really responsible (at first he thinks he actually did it and was just too drunk to remember) and helps bring him to justice. Meanwhile, Shakes' friends realize Shakes has an alcohol problem, and [[NailedToTheWagon help/force him to quit]].

''Shakes the Clown'' is a 1992 BlackComedy movie written and directed by Creator/BobcatGoldthwait, who stars as the title character.

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''Shakes the Clown'' is a 1992 BlackComedy movie written/directed by and starring Creator/BobcatGoldthwait as the titular character, an alcoholic clown. It features cameo appearances by Creator/RobinWilliams as a mime and Creator/AdamSandler as another clown.

Shakes is on the verge of getting fired, as his drunken shenanigans often end up ruining the kids' birthday parties he performs at. On top of that, his alcoholism is messing up his relationship with his girlfriend Judy (Julie Brown), a [[FanServiceWithASmile waitress in the clown bar Shakes frequents]] and aspiring professional bowler. When he passes out at a bar for clowns that him and his two friends frequent, he winds up being framed for the murder of his boss. Said friends and Judy help him evade the law and two witnesses to the actual murder (who chase after him) as Shakes, while posing as a mime, finds out who's really responsible (at first he thinks he actually did it and was just too drunk to remember) and helps bring him to justice. Meanwhile, Shakes' friends realize Shakes has an alcohol problem, and [[NailedToTheWagon help/force him to quit]].

The movie offers a lot of raunchy jokes, many a ClusterFBomb, and cynical humor.

* FantasticRacism: The clowns' aforementioned hatred of mimes. May also be fantastic gay-bashing.
** It was indeed an allegory for gay-bashing. WordOfGod confirmed it at the time of the movie's release.

** Binky is one of [[SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker The Joker]] from Franchise/{{Batman}}.

* DrugsAreBad: Surprisingly for this cynical of a movie, it is true that the people who do drugs are BAD people, but the good guys are [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop merely drunks]].

* IKnowKarate: "Well, I know [[StarTrek Vulcan nerve pinch]]!"

** Which, [[FridgeLogic come to think of it]], makes it pretty hypocritical that he enjoys beating up mimes ''precisely'' because they're so "unmanly."

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Not that the movie really needed to, but the mime instructor orders his male students not to show up to class wearing pantyhose because "I don't need to see what religion you are!"
** ActorAllusion: This is a line from Creator/RobinWilliams' routine about ballet ("Men wearing pants so tight, you can tell what religion they are!").

''Shakes The Clown'' is a 1992 movie written/directed by and starring Creator/BobcatGoldthwait as the titular character, an alcoholic clown. It features cameos of Creator/RobinWilliams as a mime and Creator/AdamSandler as another clown.

Shakes is on the verge of getting fired, as his drunken shenanigans often end up ruining the kids' birthday parties he performs at. On top of that, his alcoholism is messing up his relationship with his girlfriend Judy, a [[FanServiceWithASmile waitress in the clown bar Shakes frequents]] and aspiring professional bowler. When he passes out at a bar for clowns that him and his two friends frequent, he winds up being framed for the murder of his boss. Said friends and Judy help him evade the law and two witnesses to the actual murder (who chase after him) as Shakes, while posing as a mime, finds out who's really responsible (at first he thinks he actually did it and was just too drunk to remember) and helps bring him to justice. Meanwhile, Shakes' friends realize Shakes has an alcohol problem, and [[NailedToTheWagon help/force him to quit]].

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