Damian’s notes

The form of the ‘But doctor, I am Pagliacci!’ joke we delight in seeing remixed online is from the character Rorschach in Watchmen by Alan Moore—though the story goes back to the 19th century at least, often naming famous clowns like Grimaldi, Carlini, Grock. The name Pagliacci isn’t one of those, as it turns out, but the name of an Italian opera about clowns.

Anyway … here’s a version where life imitates art.