Clown Parade

On Friday I went to the annual clown parade at Union Square Park and I've got some complaints.
First, the parade didn't start on time. There was exactly one clown there at 530pm. It took 15 minutes for the others to trickle in. I evaluate a clown's proficiency by how intensely frightened the chidren are around them. If a clown can't scare kids, what is the point? These clowns scared no one. Kids surrounded them, laughing and smiling and poking at them.
Let's be blunt--putting a rubber nose on does not make you a professional clown. Nuances are so important. Goofiness is not a quality that can be quickly adapted and portrayed, unlike stupidity, which pops up everywhere.
A crowd gathered, adults like myself with nothing better to do. My feeling is they were pretending to enjoy this mess. There were several hot women in the parade, but with that nose on, you had to look hard to find them.
If you're going to interact with the clown aura you must do it with reverence. Respect must be paid. This did not qualify and may have pushed the profession back ten years.
The parade was supposed to eventually end up in Brooklyn. Good. Brooklynites, unlike Manhattanites, will not stand for this farce. Rubber noses WILL be ripped off, lectures given, and possibly citizen's arrests will ensue. But of course the organizers will escape punishment free.