Circus Freaks and Sideshows

Circus Freaks and Sideshows 2000 Released

Directed by Arthur Drooker

Documentary · 50 min

 

Circus Freaks and Sideshows 2000 Released

Directed by Arthur Drooker

Documentary · 50 min

 

A trip through the bizarre world of midgets, giants, tattooed ladies, and other human curiosities as we trace the colorful history of a distinctly American form of entertainment--the circus sideshow. From the 1840s when P.T. Barnum exhibited Tom Thumb to the last remaining shows struggling to survive at New York's Coney Island, we learn the truth behind the sideshow adage that freaks are not born, but rather created, as performers... see more

A trip through the bizarre world of midgets, giants, tattooed ladies, and other human curiosities as we trace the colorful history of a distinctly American form of entertainment--the circus sideshow. From the 1840s when P.T. Barnum exhibited Tom Thumb to the last remaining shows struggling to survive at New York's Coney Island, we learn the truth behind the sideshow adage that freaks are not born, but rather created, as performers... see more
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N/A min
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Dec 4, 2000
COUNTRY
US
LANGUAGE
EN
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