Clown White Part 2

Year Published: 1981

Complete Record: Jason is the holdout. One of a group of hearing impaired children, he is the problem child: uncommunicative, alienated, certainly not fit to join his classmates on a planned bus trip to the city. But join them he does, as a stowaway who’s finally discovered after it’s too late to turn back. As the bus passes through the city, Jason spots a mime in a store window. So enthralled is he by the sight of a ‘puppet person’ that as soon as the bus stops, he steals away on his own in search of his newly discovered ‘clown.’ He succeeds in finding and meeting her, and thus is formed an instant friendship between the bemused mime (Lorene Yarnell) and the curious wide-eyed little boy. In the course of their afternoon together, she helps Jason step out of his isolation by demonstrating, wordlessly, the joy and beauty of human communication. Pantomime, Physically Handicapped.