Klown
Dir: Mikkel Nørgaard
2010
**
Klown is the film version of a popular Danish sitcom that ran from 2005 - 2009. The sitcom was a black comedy that, much like Curb Your Enthusiasm, was unscripted and had characters that were exaggerations of real people rather than fictional characters. I saw a bit of Curb Your Enthusiasm in it in that its similar methods of delivery make it feel far more real and so funnier but also more awkward and at times more shocking. Pushing the boundaries is something all Actors, directors, writer etc should aspire to do but certain boundaries are there for good reason. Child nudity and child sex are never, ever funny and often the reaction of shock is mistaken for laughter. It is a psychological fact that laughter is very often a reaction of extreme shock brought on by a disbelief of what one may be witnessing. Showing a child's genitalia and then laughing at its size is not funny, it is shocking, not to mention completely inappropriate. Maybe not so much in Denmark. This is a cultural issue many will struggle with. I found a percentage of the film funny but most of the time I was shocked and a little disgusted. It's not a 'gross-out' comedy, something I detest, but I'm afraid it didn't sit well with me at all.