ALSO OUT THIS WEEK ADAM RESURRECTED In this adaptation of Yoram Kaniuk's 1968 novel, a death camp survivor (Jeff Goldblum) who was once a professional circus entertainer uses his gifts to entertain his fellow residents in a postwar mental hospital.
"For example, if a popular entertainer uses this device and records it, that could be hugely popular if you offer it to fans," says researcher Nobuhiro Takashi.
These were the sort of shoddy spectacles Archie Rice appeared in and that John Osborne's The Entertainer used as a metaphor for a Britain in terminal decline.
(The 1960 film version of John Osborne's play "The Entertainer" used a decaying seaside resort very differently, with the music hall as a metaphor for national spiritual rot).
He said he was learning to live quieter, a hard task for an entertainer used to viewing his own creative spark in tandem with his sometimes manic energy.
WHEN Cedric the Entertainer used to joke about the fame thing in front of the stadium-size crowds at his sold-out comedy shows, his fans would go crazy for his spoofs of Angelina and Brad, Fantasia and Ruben, Master P, Jerry Rice, "Access Hollywood" and Flavor Flav.
The specific work of a clown can be described well by three different role models: (1) the entertainer uses the performing arts, e.g. magic/sleight of hand, (2) the auguste, who makes children laugh using humour and slapstick acts, and (3) the clown as an ally who offers the child emotional support [ 5].
There is a long tradition of entertainers using their celebrity and their access to the media to advocate for causes: Paul Robeson on civil rights, Jane Fonda on Vietnam, Marlon Brando on Native Americans, Martin Sheen on farmworkers.
In the 30's and 40's, he became one of the Delta's many wandering entertainers, using the nom de guerre he derived from a childhood nickname, and he really did team up with Patton and such now-legendary figures as Robert Johnson and Son House.
The dialogues became so popular that "roadside entertainers used to recite long passages from the film in market area of Madras and collect money from bystanders", and memorising the film's dialogues became "a must for aspirant political orators".
