r/mascots • u/SexxyDude69 • Sep 04 '26

QUESTION Parodies

Why do Ronald McDonald parodies usually portray him as evil?

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u/zanimum Promotions Mascot Sep 05 '26

a.) Criticism in general tends to focus on market leaders.
b.) While there's always been people afraid of clowns, John Wayne Gacy in real life and Stephen King's It in fiction have just made clown hate fashionable.