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...pages that comprise Salman Rushdie’s latest novel, “Shalimar the Clown,” he carries us spellbound from Hinduism to Nazism, Krishna to Allah, and Kashmir to California. Along the way, he examines and shatters traditional notions of love, vengeance, nationalism, seduction, and betrayal. By the end of this journey, Rushdie forces readers to realize that when all masks and motives are stripped away, there are no winners and losers, only interconnected individuals with a present to be lived and a past to be learned and retold. Throughout, Rushdie uses a subtle, potent...
Still, Downey and Kilmer settle easily into their roles. We’re used to seeing Downey as the blundering clown, and he’s pretty good as a fast-talking New Yorker in Hollywood. Despite his character’s sexuality, Kilmer essentially plays the same tough guy he did in “Spartan” and “The Saint...
WHEN YOU STARTED OUT AS A COMEDIAN, WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST SUREFIRE JOKE? I never had anything surefire. I was trying to be esoteric. I was trying to be Woody. I hadn't settled on me yet. I talked about not being the class clown; I was the class comedian. The class clown was the guy at graduation who walked out to get his diploma, would hike up his gown, be totally naked, moon his parents and run offstage. That was the class clown. I was the comedian. I was the guy who talked him into doing it. That wasn...
...game proved to be too difficult and frustrating, and soon we jumped on the pen shouting, “Who’s smart enough to solve a maze now?” We then killed the nearest balloon animal-maker with an arm we ripped off of a clown. It was very mature...
...Shalimar the Clown...