@chai2,
Come at me in the hospital and I'd drag myself out of bed and hurl my pills at you..
I do pick up that there are differing cultures around the world re the theatrics of clowns.
I had a friend, a doctor in our department, interesting guy. His family back in the New York area were neighbors of some film people a lot have liked over years. I'd call their city block or area as quite prolific. Anyway, this guy liked magic tricks. (Hi, Mickey!)
I was, uh, never interested in all that, though he was often quite wise as a person. But he didn't use the tricks to thwart people like me - he used them once in a while to engage children, and even I can't fault him for that, I trusted his judgement.