play the clown

He may play the clown, making all the hate easier to digest, but he’s not the fool in this play, now in it’s third act; he’s the monster, the megalomaniacal villain, and has been all along.

It’s similar to Todd Phillips’ Joker, which saw Joaquin Phoenix play the Clown Prince in a completely standalone movie.

When I play the clown, I can make people laugh again.

Never shy to play the clown during his political career, Johnson was filmed joking to the cameras and briefly resting his foot on a coffee table at the Elysee palace, before waving at photographers in the room.

He is retired, and spends his time walking in the countryside, at the bar – “where he likes to play the clown,” a waitress told me – or hunting wild boar with a friend.