It would have been worse if Washington's dangerous clownery of the past month had brought no consequences.

如果华盛顿上个月危险的滑稽表演没有任何结果（即没有达成提高债务上限的协议），情况本来会更糟。

In the conclusion I make a simple-lined diachronic description of grotesque and point out the different characteristics in different periods as miracle, clownery, horror and secular.

对怪诞历时性的悠久多变作了一个粗线条的描摹，在不同的历史阶段怪诞大致呈现出不同的特点。 即为神圣神奇、反常滑稽、怪异恐怖，多元通俗。