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FIGURE 1.1 Studio publicity shot of Tod Browning and sideshow performers in Freaks. Note the "pinheads" and the "half man" Johnny Eck on the left, Bettmann, Getty Images. ## Freaked Out by Freaks: Origins By 1932, the freak had become a subject of a horror show, disgusting in appearance and behavior, dangerous when riled up, pitied yes for the hurt caused them by nature, but never to be brought into the happy home of humanity. Even if the movie condemns the mockery of the "abled" Cleopatra and Hercules, the attitudes of the trapeze artist and strong man aren't far from what the movie expects from the audience. Most viewers, no doubt, found absurd the sight of a three-foot, three-inch man with a high-pitched voice pursuing a beautiful trapeze artist, especially when he was competing with the man's man, Hercules. While the freak had fascinated several generations of Americans, by 1932, movie goers were beginning to find them repulsive. This break from the past signaled the decline of the freak show and all that it represented, especially in genteel and aspiring middle-class

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Author

Gary S. Cross

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc ProQuest

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9781350152731

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Sports, Anthropology