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TheOrator.Press Comedy Page. Jamaican Comedian ‘Julie Mango’ Recently Received Official Recognition From The Biden Administration For Her Work On Mental Health & Wellbeing. She’s Honing Her ‘Kamala Harris’ Impressions. She’s Part of A Dynamic ‘Jamaican & American Special Relationship’ Which She Takes Very Seriously. Now She’s Preparing For ‘The Caribbean Music Awards’ In New York. August 2024
The Tears of A Clown
Originally Released 1967 (American Album)
Re-Released1970(UK Single)
Motown Record Label
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah
Now if there’s a smile on my face It’s only there trying to fool the public But when it comes down to fooling you Now honey, that’s quite a different subject
But don’t let my glad expression give you the wrong impression Really, I’m sad (sad, sad, sad, sad) Oh, I’m sadder than sad You’re gone and I’m hurtin’ so bad Like a clown I pretend to be glad (sad, sad, sad, sad)
Now there’s some sad things known to man But ain’t too much sadder than the tears of a clown When there’s no one around.
Oh yeah, baby
Now if I appear to be carefree, it’s only to camouflage my sadness. In order to shield my pride, I’ve tried to cover this hurt with a show of gladness.
But don’t let my show convince you That I’ve been happy since you decided to go (why did you go?) Oh, I need you so (I need you so). I’m hurt and I want you to know (want you to know) But for others I put on a show (it’s just a show).
There’s some sad things known to man But there ain’t too much sadder than the tears of a clown When there’s no one around, oh yeah baby
Just like Pagliacci did,
I try,
to keep my sadness hid,
Smiling in the public eye,
But in my lonely room I cry,
the tears of a clown,
When there’s no one around.
Oh Yeah, Baby.
Now if there’s a smile on my face Don’t let my glad expression give you the wrong impression,
Don’t let this smile I wear,
make you think
that I don’t Care.
Really, I’m sad, Hurtin’ so bad.
crying all alone.
In May This Year Kings County Hospital Psychiatric Department And Psychologist Doctor Seanna Kaye In New York Invited Julie To Give A ‘Fireside Chat’ Mental Health Presentation To Practitioners And Community Members, Which Shows Just How Much She Has Established Herself As An Expert On The Subject And Is Now Recognised As Such By This Area of The Medical Profession.
You Can See What The Good Dr. Who Invited Her To This NYC Health & Hospitals Event Her Had To Say About How It Went
The Musical Arrangment At The Start of This Song (Co. Written By Stevie Wonder) Reminded Singer-Songwriter, Smokey Robinson, of The Circus. So When He Wrote The Lyrics To The Music He Called It ‘Tears of A Clown’ And Made Reference To ‘Pagliacchi’. ‘Pagliacchi’ Was A Sad Clown Consumed And Burning Up With Jealousy In The Famous Italian Opera Which Bares His Name.
It Is A Known Fact That Clowns, Like Pagliacchi, Are Often Sad For One Reason or Another.
It Is Also Well Documented That Actors, Comedians And Entertainers Are Often Sad or Shy Individuals. Some Seek Savior At Rehab Clinics. Some Force Themselves To Perform Publicly As A Kind of Curative Self-Help Challenge, And Some Seek To Help Others By Providing Their Audiences With An Entertainment Escape Mechanism From Their Day To Day Misery or Reality For A While In Order To Lift Their Spirits.
In March This Year, Having Attended A Mental Health Seminar In Florida And Shared Her Perspective on Mental Health Attitudes And Provisions In The Caribbean, Julie Posted On Her Insta Page That She Has Been Living With A Diagnosis of ‘Borderline Personality Disorder’ Since Being A Little Girl Child Aged Just Eight Years Old.
It’s A Condition She Manages Daily And That Management Allows Her To Maintain A State of So Called ‘Normalcy’.
Her Goal Is To Achieve A State of Being Where Children Who Are “Not Part of The Articulate Minority” or “Who Suffer From Low Self-Esteem” Know That They Are Worthy, Loved, And Not Judged.
And Where Adults
Let Go
Of Their
Old Stories
And
Create New Ones.
The StigmaAssociated With Mental Health [Issues] IsEven Worse Than The Mental Health IssuesThemselves
Former JDF (Jamaica Defence Force) Lieutenant
Now Life Coach, Comedian, Presenter And Mental Health Advocate
Juliet Bodleyaka Julie Mango, Yendi Phillips Interview February 27 2022
“Get Out There And Vote”Is The Official Call To Action. (Patois) “Seccle’. Seccle.U’nnu’ ‘Top The Noise So We Can Get Down To Business.” “Forward Ever Ever. Backward Never Never.”
‘Juliet Angelique Bodley’ Is Better Known By Her Stage Name, ‘Julie Mango’ The Jamaican Comedian.
Her Comedy Antics Helped Her Build Up A Following During The Covid Pandemic. She Has A Special Gift Of Balancing The Serious And The Comedic.
What May Currently Be Lesser Known Is The Fact That She’s Also A Very Dedicated Mental Health Advocate After Surviving Her Own Mental Health Struggles. Including Three Suicide Attempts.
This Extreme Lived Experience Is Something Which She Has Been Admirably Open About In Order To Help Others Avoid The Same Fate And Also Aide Her Own Recovery.
She’s Tiny But She’s Mighty. Truly Tallawah! A Survivor And Powerful Mental Health & Well-Being Pioneer Advocating To Change The Narrative And Improve Policies, Provisions And Education.
Her Personal & Professional Recovery Work In This Field of Medicine Has Been Officially Applauded Under The Biden And The Current White House.
Later This Month She’s Making A Special Appearance At The Caribbean Music Awards In New York, Where She Is An Award Presenter And Also An Award Nominee For Best Entertainer. Such An Award Ceremony Double-Dip Doesn’t Happen Every Day, So That’s A Very Special Achievement In The World of Comedy Entertaiment And Presenting (See Picture Gallery Above).
Plus She Was Also Hostess And Master of Ceremonies At This Year’s American Friends of Jamaica Gala In May (America’s Mental Health Awareness Month)
Clearly Her Jamaican-American Ties Are Very Strong. Quite Like Kamala’s. And In Their Respective Fields They Are Evidently Both Great Achievers.
On August 5th 2021 Juliet Bodley Was Officially Acknowledged, Bestowed The Highest Honour, And Saluted, By Democratic Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke, During The 118th Session of Congress, In The United States House of Representatives, “For Her Positive, Selfless And Boundless Contributions” – “That Define What Makes Brooklyn And Our Nation Great”. @repyvetteclarke
On The Same Day Exactly Two Years Later, August 5th 2023, Democratic New York State Senator Kevin S. Parker, Proclaimed Her An “Individual Worthy Of Our Highest Respect And Esteem.” @kevinparkernyc
That Same Day, That Same Year, She Also Won The International Spectrum Award From The Jamaican Independence Foundation Which Declared Her A ‘Daughter of The Soil’. The Jamaican Independence Foundation, Inc (jifinyc.org)
This Year She Is An Honoree And Mistress of Ceremonies At Their Third Ever Annual ‘People’s Ball’
In November 2023 She Was Also Keynote Speaker At A Vasser College Event Organised By Dr. Kimberly Williams Brown Assistant Professor of Education At Vasser College Vasser.edu@kimberliesha@vassarcollege in The City of Poughkeepsie, Surrounded By The Town of Poughkeepsie, In The State of New York.
It Was A Multi-Dimensional Review Which Analysed Caribbean Culture, Mental Health, accessing college, and transitioning as a US immigrant.
It’s A Topical Subject. The Repeatative Hateful, Racist, Destructive, Rhetoric of The MAGA Right, Led By A Former American President, Highlights Why It Is So Relevant. Her Talk Which She Called ‘Bigger Than This’ Was Part of An Intergroup Dialogue (IGD) Conference held at the Rockefeller Centre.
Service For Others Is Part of Bodley’s Personality. She’s A Multi-Dimensional Woman Who In 2010 Was Serving In The Jamaican Defence Force As A Lieutenant. Her Mum Sent Her To The Cadets As A Child To Ensure She Had A Positive Source of Discipline And Structured Activity In Her Life (After Her Parents Divorced When She Was Aged 12). But Sometimes Plans Works Out Differently.
Her Own Personal & Professional Mental Health Mission Continues. She’s Now An Experienced, Established, And Extraordinary Mental Well-Being Advocate. And She’s Not Going Back! In Fact Moving Forwards She Hopes To See Mental Health & Well-Being Taught In Schools.
We Salute Her Commitment, Courage, And Community Spirit. Her Comedy (Her Male Impressions Are Extra Funny And Impressive) And Her Inspiring Example of Turning Things Around And Changing The Narrative From Negative To Something Very Positive. We Very Much Look Forward To Hearing More From This Groundbreaking Comedian And Mental Health Advocate.
She’s Tiny But Mighty!Both Mentally And Physically After All The Hard Work She’s Done, Including Bravery, Therapy And Achieving Life-Coaching Qualifications.She’sTruly Tallawah!
The Second Ever Caribbean Music Awards Are On Thursday August 29th 2024 The Kings Theatre, Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, America.
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