[serial killer clown monologuing while i'm strapped to a dentists chair on a tarp in an abandoned warehouse] "did you know the classical composition we think of as the iconic circus music was originally a military march entitled 'entry of the gladiators'?" [the clown picks up a scalpel from a tool tray] "it's true, in a way. when they send in the clowns, we are much like the gladiators of old, putting our lives on the line for the entertainment of jeering cowards."


