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Clowns

2017 · 7 min

A quick, wry explainer that turns a silly news panic into a mirror on how fear spreads.

Overview
The Great Clown Panic of 2016 wasn’t about clowns. It was about you.

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Tone
    Pacing
    brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • media
    • conspiracy
    • fate
    Places
    None
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • documentary
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action0
    Horror1
    Humour2
    Realism9
    Romance0
    Tension3
    Darkness3
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight3

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    Details

    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Dana O'Keefe, Alex Kliment, Mike Tucker
    Runtime
    7 min

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