Clowns are “uncanny”. They are just off-human to be disturbing, in the same way that dolls or corpses are. This actually has the potential to make them more funny, more scary, or more sexy, depending on what the performance is going for. It’s a seasoning that brings out the flavor of anything else. But of course, people react differently to the seasoning, and it may tip them more in any of these ways.
Clowns are “uncanny”. They are just off-human to be disturbing, in the same way that dolls or corpses are. This actually has the potential to make them more funny, more scary, or more sexy, depending on what the performance is going for. It’s a seasoning that brings out the flavor of anything else. But of course, people react differently to the seasoning, and it may tip them more in any of these ways.