History Film / Vulgar

After his BreakthroughHit ''Film/{{Clerks}}'', Creator/KevinSmith decided to use his newfound success as a filmmaker to give his friends opportunities to make their own movies through his production house, View Askew. 2000's ''Vulgar'', written and directed by Smith's childhood friend Bryan Johnston was one of them.

After his BreakthroughHit ''Film/{{Clerks}}'', Creator/KevinSmith decided to use his newfound success as a filmmaker to give his friends opportunities to make their own movies through his production house, View Askew. 2000's ''Vulgar'', written and directed by Smith's childhood friend Brian Johnston (aka, [[Film/TheViewAskewniverse Steve-Dave Pulasti]]), was one of them.

Will Carlson (Brian O'Halloran) is an out-of-work [[NonIronicClown birthday party clown]] just trying to make ends meet to live in his dilapidated house and pay for his abusive mother's nursing home. While he loves his job, gigs are difficult to come by, and he's frequently terrorized by local hoodlums any time he drives to one. Desperate for money but not willing to give up his dream job, Will comes up with a GetRichQuickScheme to do bachelor parties under the name "Vulgar The Clown," showing up in [[SexyJester clown makeup and fishnets]] as a gag before the real stripper comes. With his new plan in mind, Will puts out an ad and soon gets his first gig.

* NeverLiveItDown: InUniverse. Martin Ingram convinces his boss to give Will's Flappy character his own TV series by reminding him that he turned down the opportunity to produce ''Series/BarneyAndFriends''.

* OnlyFriend: Syd is the only person who isn't outwardly awful to Will, and even then, he's not very supportive. At least until [[PetTheDog he finds out that]] [[EveryoneHasStandards Will was raped]].

* EarnYourHappyEnding: A darker example than usual, but by the end of the story, [[spoiler:Will has recovered the blackmail material, his enemies are all dead - [[SelfDisposingVillain in ways that leave his conscience clear]] - and there's nothing left to stop him from moving on with his life and living happily ever after.]]

* {{Landlord}}: Will's is constantly asking him about his rent money. He's shown to be [[PetTheDog rather nice about it]], though, knowing that Will's work situation isn't the best and that the local hoodlums don't make it better.

Will Carlson (Brian O'Halloran) is an out-of-work [[NonIronicClown birthday party clown]] just trying to make ends meet to live in his dilapidated house and pay for his abusive mother's nursing hime. While he loves his job, gigs are difficult to come by, and he's frequently terrorized by local hoodlums any time he drives to one. Desperate for money but not willing to give up his dream job, Will comes up with a GetRichQuickScheme to do bachelor parties under the name "Vulgar The Clown," showing up in [[SexyJester clown makeup and fishnets]] as a gag before the real stripper comes. With his new plan in mind, Will puts out an ad and soon gets his first gig.

Luckily, things pick up for him immediately after when his first gig after his assault when he manages to take out an angry father holding the birthday girl hostage. Now local hero, Will uses the media attention to boost his business and is soon making a considerable living, eventually getting his own TV show. Unfortunately, Will's new celebrity status attracts the attention of his rapists, who have have edited the footage of their assault to look like a sex tape and threaten to blackmail him with it, convincing Will to take matters into his own hands.

* EvenEvilHadLovedOnes: Will, a FriendToAllChildren, initially decides not to kill the Fanellis when he hears Ed's pre-adolescent daughter in the background of their phone conversation. [[spoiler:He changes his mind when Ed doesn't hold up his end of the blackmail bargain.]]