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HERENIKO • CLOWNING AS POLITICAL COMMENTARY 27<br />
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Abstract<br />
Improvised or rehearsed clowning, in ritual and secular contexts, is an important<br />
avenue for the criticism of the power structure and those who ignore the norms of<br />
society in <strong>Polynesia</strong>. The humorous nature of criticism <strong>as</strong> well <strong>as</strong> the distancing<br />
effect of theater create a context in which those being criticized rarely take<br />
offense. In the 1990S, however, the nature and the role of this traditional institu-
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