Death of a Showman

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**Death of a Showman** is the first mission in *Hitman: Blood Money*, in which Agent 47 must eliminate entrepreneur and entertainer Joseph Clarence. This serves as a training mission to introduce players to the mechanics of the game. Death of a Showman is considerably more linear and restrictive than all later missions, as the player must follow a guided tutorial to complete the level.

## Background

A ferris wheel at the Southland Amusement Park malfunctions and collapses, killing 36 people, including several children and teenagers. The owner, Joseph Clarence, is sued by relatives of the victims for negligence of the park's safety. While Clarence is eventually acquitted of all charges, the lawsuits bankrupt him, leaving him with only the abandoned amusement park to his name. He rents the park to a gangster known as Scoop for his gang to produce cocaine. Clarence hopes that in doing so he will receive a share of the profits for himself, allowing him to restore and reopen the amusement park.

The father of one of the victims, a teenage male quarterback, is shown to be struggling with his grief and anger at Clarence's acquittal. He contacts the ICA to eliminate Clarence, requesting that the last thing Clarence ever sees is a picture of the client's son.

### Outcome

47 infiltrates the amusement park, and shows Joseph Clarence a picture of the client's son before eliminating him. A sophisticated appearing albino is shown to be reading a newspaper report about the killing, and takes a keen interest in the story.

## Mission Information

### Briefing

*Welcome to the states, 47.*

*This should be a straightforward operation. We need you to penetrate an abandoned amusement park, locate the owner and take him out. The target, is a Joseph Clarence, also known as "Swing King".*

*An accident involving one of the rides at the park a few years back forced him to close it down. Our client has made a special request that the photograph you have in your possession be the "last thing the target sees." Mr. Clarence has some how become involved in a narcotics distribution ring, so the park may still have some amusements.*

*Enjoy the ride, 47.*

### Objectives

1. Kill Joseph Clarence.
2. Escape.

## Weapons

### Firearms

**SLP .40**
Carried by most guards.**Desert Eagle**
Carried by Scoop. Another found in Scoop's room.**Shotgun**
Found in the upstairs hallway next to the theatre.**TMP**
Carried by some guards. Found in the bathroom next to the lab, and in the courtyard between the theatre and gift shop.**Dragunov SVD**
Found in a case in a room overlooking the ferris wheel.
### Melee

**Hammer****Baseball bat****Kitchen knife**
Found embedded in a cupboard in the room next to the theatre.**Poison Syringe**
Found downstairs in Joseph Clarence's office.**Fire Extinguisher**
Found by the open window in Joseph Clarence's office.
### Other

**RU-AP mine**
Found on the balcony leading to scoop's room.
## Disguises

**Chemist**
Permitted inside the main building except the drug lab, office, and Scoop's room.
## Gallery

Agent 47 introducing himself.The photograph.Agent 47 being frisked.Agent 47 saving the divorce lawyer.Some talk about unwrapping.Oops.The drug lab.Demonstration of a human shield.Agent 47 prepares for the execution.Home run!Scoop's den.
## Notes

* Notoriety isn't in effect in this mission.
* The briefing cannot be accessed during the mission, as its button command will prompt tutorial guidance to appear instead.
* The player receives a ranking for this mission, but it's only shown on the post-mission newspaper as the usual results screen does not appear.
* It is possible to receive the Silent Assassin rating (as mentioned above, visible only in the generated newspaper) by ignoring certain tutorial instructions. This will involve simply rushing past certain points in the game where the player is meant to engage in combat, and not using the chemist disguise as intended. Multiple NPCs will see 47 in action and will even fire upon him, but because the game was intended to be played with a disguise, these will not count as witnesses for the purposes of rating assessment.

## Trivia

* Death of a Showman was released as a single-mission demo for *Hitman: Blood Money*.
* The newspaper reports on the ferris wheel incident indicate that it occurred on January 19, 2005. However, the mission to kill Clarence occurs on January 9, 2004, a year and 10 days before the incident ever occurred. The accident would have occurred sometime in 1999, 5 years before the mission.
* After completing the mission, the headline of the newspaper Mark Parchezzi III reads always says Silent Assassin regardless of the actual ranking the player received.
* Upon entering the room where the gangster sets Andrew Chiseler on fire, there is a large mask on the wall that resembles the mask worn by Anthony Martinez in A Dance with the Devil.
* Stored weapons can only be collected for the Hideout if they are stored in the ICA crate containing the RU-AP mine. Any weapons stored in the ICA crate in the office will not be retained.
* In the room where the chemist disguise is obtained, there is a radio playing a song that is made up of quotes from the gangsters in the level.
* Upon reaching Scoop's room, Scoop will be informed of Agent 47's infiltration of the park. If the player does not engage with Scoop immediately, he will execute the guard for his failure to guard the park.
* The player is penalized if the divorce lawyer is set on fire and/or Scoop executes the gate guard.
* The scene of the lawyer being tortured is a reference to the 1992 movie Reservoir Dogs, written and directed by Quentin Tarantino.
* Upon reaching the control room with the disabled elevator, a gang member can be overheard saying, "Ol' motherfuckin' Psycho ain't gonna give no shit whether he's a cop or a lawyer..." referring to the gang member in the theater torturing the lawyer.
* In the drug lab a gang member can be heard telling a female drug lab worker "Keep yo hands on the table, girl, or I'm gonna have to search yo nooks AND crannies...", implying a body cavity search if he suspects her of attempting to smuggle drugs out of the lab.
* The female workers in the drug lab wear nothing more than bikinis, a probable reference to the 1991 crime film New Jack City, which featured a crack lab staffed with female workers who were forced to work semi-clothed in order to prevent theft.
* In the office of Carol Anne, there is a calendar depicting the exterior of the Pine Cone Rehabilitation Center from the mission Flatine, with the main building in the background and the smoking patio in the foreground.
* The gangsters, including Scoop, are referred to as "security professionals working for Joseph Clarence" in the newspaper article.
* Ironically, the level has 36 NPCs, including Clarence, the same number of people killed by the ferris wheel.

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