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Sunday, August 14, 2016

J E S T E R S

An illustration of a theater crowd booing stage performers
writers and artists may have their works booed, but COMEDIANS must
face LIVE  focused contempt from a unified crowd ... comedy might evolve through
the decades like fashion or music,  but crowd disapproval never changes
  
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An illustration of a professional jester holding a marotte, 1500s?
500 years ago,  professional JESTERS toured Europe ... that miniature head called a 'marotte' served as a comedy prop
  
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It was common for understudies to apprentice with working jesters ... 1200s?
  
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An illustration of 1498 jesters
Was this comedy team amusing religious hosts in 1498 by mocking science?  Just as likely it was a parody of the amused hosts themselves,  as jesters were  often allowed freedom for the sake of comedy ... a fool  knows this is dangerous but that's where the laughs are.
 
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This looks like somebody's younger brother wanted to get into the
comedy business,  but the kid just didn't have the chops for it
  
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There were women JESTERS too . . . this one in France
  
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a 1316 woman jester in King Edward ll's court in England
A 1316 woman jester or 'joculatrix' in England politically admonished the king successfully
 
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Many comedians have played anger or indignity to hilarious effect 
   
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An account of the jester Marchesina at the Milan court of Duke Sforza
"... the fool Marchesina bore so striking a resemblance to the Duke's son in law, Malatesta, that it was thought necessary always to send Marchesina out of Milan whenever Malatesta repaired thither on a visit."
   
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Paul Woodroffe jester flourish
A Paul Woodroffe illustration     
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1896 Jugend jester illustration
1896
        
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jesters 1500s? an illustration
1500s?

   
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an annoying jester 1500s, an illustration
1500s?
   
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An illustration of a jester, 1700s?
1700s?
    
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John Buckland Wright, skeleton of a jester in chains
John Buckland Wright
    
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Actual accounts of the English jester Smug
Some actual historic accounts of an obnoxious English jester named 'SMUG'   "How Smug, being drunk in bed, pissed upon his Wife through a cullender instead of a chamber pot"
     
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a German jester illustration
A German jester
     
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a Franz Brun 1700s jester illustration
A Franz Brun illustration,  1700s
     
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A jester, fool, pantaloon, stand-up comic, or funny beggar.
  
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Robin Good-fellow the 1628 jester also called Hob-Goblin
"... mad pranks and merry jests,  1628"
    
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An illustration of a jester 1500s?
To perform for the rich and powerful,  he must have
been a comedic genius and a shrewd diplomat ...
wearing his self-humiliating hat,  he was free to
 make daring jokes ... that's what his hosts wanted
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Ivan the Terrible's jester, in 1500s Russia1500s Russia's leader Ivan the Terrible scalded an unfunny jester with boiling water
   
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cartoon illustrations of an 1889 French clown
Cartoon illustrations of an 1889 French clown
   
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An 1886 French theater comic
     
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A photograph and description of 1896 phonograph comedian Jack Simonds
An 1896 comedian with racist jokes
  
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A promotional photograph for 1921 women comedians
In 1921 Hollywood,  women comedians had to disrobe for promotional photos . . .
   
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Charles Rodrigues 1973 for National Lampoon Magazine
Charles Rodrigues for National Lampoon Magazine,  1973
   
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A drawing from an old book of a sculpture of 1047ad jesters
An old sculpture of two actual jesters from the year 1047       see full size