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...like to call him Bello Nock--his clown name and his family name. Although he doesn't act like it, Bello, who keeps his real first name secret, is aristocracy. Members of the Nock family (their performance roots date back to the 18th century in Switzerland) have been circus artists and great clowns for generations. I saw Bello's uncle Pio Nock in the Ringling show when I was 22, and I applied immediately to the Ringling Bros. Clown College. Bello's thoroughly American accent--he speaks many languages, but all of them like a guy from Florida, which...
Trained from childhood, Bello, 32, has a grounding in almost every circus skill. This is one of the things that separate him from those of us who found our way to clowning from the theater. He is an incredible acrobat (and one of the strongest men I've ever known), and so when he does a bit about setting up a trampoline, of course he gets in trouble and finds some great gags. He's caught in the springs, first his foot, then his whole body, but he finishes with world-class trampoline work--going breathtakingly high, swooping into...
...Bello and I once put together a two-minute number for a TV show. Bello when he's not performing is a lot like Bello when he is--wide-eyed, charged with energy. We never actually did the gig--the schedule didn't work out or something--but I'll pay him these compliments, from one clown to another: first, I had a great time--Bello is one of the sunniest and most generous men I've ever known. Essentially I was just there that day as a comic feed, and elder statesman, to feature some of his trampoline business...
...Britain today [WORLD, June 11]. I thought that only those of us who live in the so-called developing countries experienced such inefficiencies. So, the rich also cry. I wish Prime Minister Tony Blair a successful re-engineering of the Queen's land into an El Dorado. NURUDEEN ALABI-BELLO Kazaure, Nigeria...
...give Gwyneth Paltrow credit, she's not a terrible vocalist. Pretty much all the major characters in this movie warble a song onstage at some point or another - Lewis sings "Lonely Teardrops," Bello takes on "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)." Because Braugher's character is supposed to be a great vocalist, his singing is mostly overdubbed by professional belter Arnold McCuller. But Paltrow sings her own material with a sweet blandness; her voice is like a dab of grape jelly on white bread. Paltrow's rendition of "Crusin'" isn't going to replace Smokey Robinson's or D'Angelo...