Category: Glossary of Terms

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What is Bouffon?

Answering the age old question of Bouffon, Tom and Ian get into how, where and why Bouffon came to be.
Bouffon is a style of performance in which the aim is to provoke emotion (usually laughter in the uncomfortable) in order to gain clarity or resonance in a particular subject – the more taboo, raucous, or edgy the better.

If you’re interested in researching more about Bouffon then feel free to have a look through our sources below! Let us know if we missed something interesting.

TIMESTAMPS
0.00 Intro
1.18 Initial Notes
2.09 Quotes
5.30 What is Bouffon?
7.32 Myth of Bouffon
11.15 Good Art
12.33 Visuals of Bouffon
14.24 Modern Bouffon Origin
18.33 Stock Characters
19.11 Nate
20.26 Outro
21.20 Joke of the Day

SHOWNOTES & SOURCES
Jacques Lecoq
Phillipe Gaulier
Giovanni Fusetti
Bouffon Examples
Nate

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouffon

washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/05/AR2011010505738.html

https://www.aqueoushumour.com/about/bouffons/

https://batterseaartscentreblog.com/2020/02/13/bouffon-for-beginners/

https://learningthroughtheatre.co.uk/blog/what-is-the-origin-of-bouffon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulcinella

https://www.lifeinitaly.com/lifestyle/holidays/carnival/pulcinella/

https://www.petalily.com/blog-dark-clown-clown-plus/bouffon-satire-dark-clown

https://www.routledgehandbooks.com/doi/10.4324/9781315745251.ch18

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feast_of_Fools

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What is Mime?

What is Mime?! Baby don’t hurt me…Don’t hurt me… No More!

In this episode of the Cheeky Podcast Tom and Ian attempt to make sense of the performance genre of Mime. What is Mime? And how is it similar and different to Clowning? Find out this and more as we try to piece together the mystery of Mime.

TIMESTAMPS:

0.00m Introduction
3.55m What is Mime?
8.53m Can Mimes use Props ?
13.39m Is mime a category of Clown ?
17.38m History of Modern Mime
22.55m Trivia & Fun Facts 
24.55m Outro
26.15m Joke of the Day

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mime_artisthttps://

www.wonderopolis.org/wonder/what-is-a-mime

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporeal_mime

http://www.differencebetween.net/miscellaneous/difference-between-mime-and-clown/

https://www.theatreinparis.com/blog/a-history-of-mime-the-most-oh-so-french-of-art-forms

http://worldmime.org/en/about-mime/mime-and-pantomime.html

http://www.peareylalbhawan.com/blog/2017/08/24/mime-as-a-performance-art/

http://worldmime.org/en/about-mime/mime-and-pantomime/104-mime-and-pantomime/291-le-mime.html

Pop Culture references !

Video 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyqelMwAza4&ab_channel=TheOfficialPok%C3%A9monYouTubechannel

Video 2 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jwasv_AImtI&ab_channel=Movieclips

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Character Clown – Clown Types

Completing another piece of the the Clown Types series! In this episode learn from Tom and Ian all about the ‘Character’ type of clown.   

Proper description and timestamps coming ASAP !! 

Sources : 

COMPETITION RULES

https://clownopedia.fandom.com/wiki/Clownopedia

http://www.charliethejugglingclown.com/types.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clown#Character_clow

The Different Types of Clowns

https://www.jollygoodfun.co.uk/blog/2010/02/27/clown/what-is-a-character-clown/

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Tramp/Hobo Clown – The Clown Types Series

Did you know that there is a difference between Hobo and Tramp Clown types?
We didn’t either! Tune in to listen to that, as well as the fascinating history and origin of these two types.

TIMESTAMPS:
0.00 Intro
3.10 Historical Context
4.54 Origin of Hobo/Tramp Clown
5.33 Discussion of Origin
11.00 Appearance of Hobo/Tramp/Bag Lady
14.21 Characteristics of Hobo/Tramp/Bag Lady
19.54 Hobo/Tramp Performers
21.07 Outro
21.47 Joke Of The Day

SOURCES:
Tramp vs Hobo
History of Tramp/Hobo
https://www.angelfire.com/ga4/jbw/frames/tramp.html
https://www.wattpad.com/356655289-how-to-be-a-clown-chapter-2-typecast

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Auguste Clown – The Clown Type Series

When you think of the stereotypical Clown, the ‘Auguste’ clown is probably what comes to mind.  In this episode of the Cheeky Podcast , Tom and Ian talk about the characteristics , appearance and possible origin stories for one of the most widely recognized style of clown . ]

Timestamps: 
0.00m Start
0.23m Introduction
1.44m Opening Statements 
3.03m Different Unrelated Facts  
4.48m Status of the Clown
7.25m Stories of where the ‘Auguste’ Clown comes from 
12.02m Behaviour of the the Auguste Clown    
15.02m Appearance of the Auguste Clown 
16.35m Discussion on things we discovered 
19.02m Closing Statements 
19.40m Joke of the Day x 2! 

Sources 

Clown Types – the Auguste clown

http://egyptshrineclowns.com/auguste.php

https://www.clownantics.com/blogs/clownantics-blog/auguste-clowns

https://clownopedia.fandom.com/wiki/Auguste#:~:text=The%20auguste%20clown%20is%20a,more%20clumsy%20than%20the%20whiteface.

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White Face – The Clown Types Series

You asked for it folks! Finally, The Cheeky Podcast begin a series into the different types of clowns.  In this first episode, Tom and Ian talk about the White Face Clown (now to be known as ‘…The Classic European…”)  and dive into its characteristics and origins.

This series  hopes to bring some order to the chaos of conflicting google search results and commonly held beliefs. 

TIMESTAMPS:

0.00 Start
0.22m Welcome
3.42m Introduction to the ‘Classic European’  White Face Clown / Characteristics / The Man Credited for its Creation 
7.34m The origins of ‘Classic European’ white face 
11.53m A little about the Creation of Mime! 
12.33m Francesco Caroli
13.35m Performance Status of C.E.W.F.
14.54m General Discussion – How do we now label the White Face ?! 
16.14m The use of the term ‘Sad Clown’ for ‘Classic European’ ??
18.11m The term “White Face’ as an Umbrellas label  
19.37m Labeling Clown types from their Appearance or Performance Style 
20.27m Outro
21.20 Joke of the Day + Blooper

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Sources : 

Wiki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clown

Trixtan Entertainemnt 
https://trixtan.com/types-of-clowns/

Clowning Around 
https://www.clowningaround.co.za/news/the-whiteface-clown/

Famous Clowns.org
https://famousclowns.org/history-of-clowns/the-whiteface-clown-clown-types/

Brittianica 
https://www.britannica.com/art/clown

Clownopedia
https://clownopedia.fandom.com/wiki/Clownopedia

 

The Cheeky Podcast is produced by Tomas Correia and Ian Richardson 

 

 

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GoT -What is a clown?

Tom and Ian discuss what qualities are needed for a comic person to become a clown, and they delve into the differences between traditional vs contemporary clowns, and theatrical vs circus clowns, which makes them both very confused.

SHOW NOTES
The Artist by Thom Monckton
Franco Dragone
Venn Diagram

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