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When a War March Becomes Circus Music

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You compose a song that soldiers will march into war with. It ends up becoming associated with the circus, clowns, and people acting like idiots
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A black-and-white two-panel reaction meme shows a mustached composer smiling as he imagines soldiers marching to his song, then looking unsettled as the song becomes associated with circuses, clowns, and foolish behavior. The clip plays Dick Walter & KPM Brass Band’s “Entry of the Gladiators,” a lively circus march, making the ironic punchline immediate: a supposedly martial composition is now recognized as clown music.

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♪ Dick Walter & KPM Brass Band — Entry of the Gladiators

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video, 0:28
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386×360 · 403.6 KiB
Mood
absurd, ironic
Language
en
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