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I get bored with the constant probing for the cliched tears of the clown, the dark side of the comic.

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Chris Lilley
Age: 49
Born: 1974
Born: November 10
Comedian
Screenwriter
Television Actor
Sydney
NSW
Dark
Probing
Clown
Bored
Comic
Constant
Tears
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