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3. A historic clown idea was based on the idea that "the most powerful person in the world is the one who can give away power." God did this when God entered into human flesh. Hebrews 12:2 Jesus calls on us to be servants. The cross, which was a symbol of suffering and death, now is seen as a symbol of victory and life. In clowning, you give away your power in words and action to become a "fool for Christ's sake" (I Corinthians 4:10).6. God works through the principles of comedy. In comedy there is a "bringing down" of someone and, through a non-heroic means, the person is lifted up higher and better than before....We are called to be "fools for Christ's sake," to be weak so that others can be strong. What an honor and privilege that calling is! (pp. 14-15)
I found a webpage about Ministry clowns and the more I read the more I thought of Michael. You are not allowed to view links. Register or LoginI will paste only where I saw Michael Jackson in what is written and put my thoughts... Quote3. A historic clown idea was based on the idea that "the most powerful person in the world is the one who can give away power." God did this when God entered into human flesh. Hebrews 12:2 Jesus calls on us to be servants. The cross, which was a symbol of suffering and death, now is seen as a symbol of victory and life. In clowning, you give away your power in words and action to become a "fool for Christ's sake" (I Corinthians 4:10).6. God works through the principles of comedy. In comedy there is a "bringing down" of someone and, through a non-heroic means, the person is lifted up higher and better than before....We are called to be "fools for Christ's sake," to be weak so that others can be strong. What an honor and privilege that calling is! (pp. 14-15)I was thinking about the things he has set in motion through his career, the Masks, the wheel chair and the other little things he did that caused him to be laughed at and many people saw him as less than remarkable, thus elevating their own sense of 'greatness' with in themselves... The makeup, sometimes he looked so white and there was always alot of focus on his nose all the time, don't clowns make a big thing out of wearing a red nose that often squeaks?Is this the reason for it to be called a circus? he refered to his own concerts as a circus, I think in the history tour...From about 5:30 if it doesn't take you to that time already... the address is here which should take you directly to the circus part of his speach You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=5efXJyBHF2g#t=331s[/youtube]Just a thought, it does make sense to me, I'm not sure if it will to anyone else...I apologise if this has been brought up before, I tried checking but I seriously can not get the search to bring up anything relevent of similar to what I want to talk about. Off to bed I think, it's 2:10am..Let me know what you guys think...
agree. its all about showmanship. and it kinda all started around bad era. it interests me because he wanted to top thriller. the world vilified him for never topping thriller. but if the past 25 years was all a clown act - and we (general public) believed the show (re: everything amazing and weird) then really, he *did* top thriller, because we bought into the show / clown act for 25 years, which included a historical death hoax! THAT (IMHO) is topping thriller!frikken genius!!!i wonder if bad 25 / conciding with a bam will bring some of the "illusions" "Clown acts" to light so that the public "get" it - just like after a crazy movie, some people still need an explanation on how it happened and all the twists in the plot explained....@ bec, the first paragraph of this post, makes me think of the post of yours in the other thread, re: not Thriller II bad Bad II...
truman reversed. the audience, us, dont know where reality ends fiction begins. i love this idea. weather it's true or not is another thing. but it always intrigues me to think that we are in a reverse truman situation, commencing at bad era.
@leilani - do yourself a favour and hire it....it's a wonderful movie and I think there are alot of hoax parallels in it......it's one of my favourite movies.
