Why
Present Alex the Jester?
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Have
you ever seen a court jester perform? Not very likely! This fact makes
it easy to promote an event with Alex the Jester. Also, newspaper editors
and TV news producers love Alex the Jester’s colorful costumes and
outrageous tricks that come with music and visuals. Newspapers like his
eye-popping publicity photos, and regularly feature Alex the Jester in
their ‘Pick of the Week’ and ‘Best Bets’ sections.
- When
you book Alex the Jester, you’ll get a polished press release,
and colorful posters to help advertise your event.
- Alex the
Jester packs many facets of “audience appeal” into one show:
daring stunts, mind-bending sight gags, dazzling visual spectacle, musical
capers and physical feats! Added to this are vibrant colors, audience
interaction, and lavish costumes video.html This mix, without fail,
elicits waves of laughter, surprise and the “wow” response.
- Alex the
Jester’s humor has many levels so three generations can laugh
together, often for different reasons.
- Alex the
Jester involves the audience … not only in egging him on and cheering,
but in assisting him with his pranks (when the spirit moves them)!
- Alex the
Jester tastefully recognizes the presenter and any sponsoring agencies
for the important behind-the-scenes work that they do.
By the end of the show, audience members will have formed a special bond. They will have traveled to another time, where non-sense sounds make perfect sense, and everyone is rejuvenated and sees things in a light-hearted way.
Crack
open a new deck of cards, and what do you pull out? The jokers , of course.
Also called jester, fool, trickster, buffoon, jack-pudding, and wearer
of the motley, this character is nearly universally recognized, but seldom
seen live anymore.
Historians believe that jesters entertained prehistoric tribal society
with their Wise Fool antics. What is certain though is that court jesters
grew and flourished in the Middle Ages as well-paid attendants of Europe’s
Royal Courts. Power was highly consolidated in medieval times and social
mobility was difficult. A child of peasants was likely to become a peasant,
and stone masons gave the world more masons, just as royalty bred royalty.
In contrast, jesters could move up the social ladder. They came from a
wide range of backgrounds — from peasant farms and monasteries to
universities. Quite a few had physical deformities and learned to wring
laughs from what otherwise could’ve been an unfortunate situation.
Usually, they climbed up the social ladder and were prized for their outsider’s
humorous take on life. For instance, when Shakespeare’s King Lear
was brooding alone in the woods, the only company he wanted was his amusing
fool...
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