"As it turns out, one of the billionaire's key legal strategists isn't just an attorney but a professionally trained - and currently practicing - clown. We wish we were kidding. But new reporting by Business Insider tells the tale of Jaymie Parkkinen, an intellectual property lawyer representing Musk by day while working as an actual clown by night."
"For Parkkinsen, clown is less about dressing up in big goofy shoes and throwing pies, and more of an artistic craft, similar to the way silent artists mime as a comedic technique. "When you strip away all the social masks that we all wear, if you strip away gender and politics and money and status and power, and you're just your raw human self without all of the trappings of society - who are you?" Parkkinen mused to BI. "Clown tries to answer that question.""
Jaymie Parkkinen serves as an intellectual property lawyer representing Elon Musk and participates in high-profile litigation against OpenAI and Microsoft. Parkkinen is also a professionally trained and currently practicing clown who performs in the slapstick tradition. Parkkinen describes clowning as an artistic craft focused on stripping away social masks to reveal raw human selfhood. Parkkinen operates Clown Cardio, a fitness class combining improv warm-ups, vaudeville-themed aerobics, and clownish props. Parkkinen has faced esteemed counsel for OpenAI and Microsoft, occasionally appearing alone on Musk's behalf in court.
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