"Freaks" is where the phrase "One of us!" came from. What freaked (pun intended!) out moviegoers of the early '30s is not that Browning set a film in the world of the circus sideshow, but that he used actual sideshow "freaks" as cast members.
Dawn: You're not fleeing. You're... moving at a brisk pace. Buffy: Quaintly referred to in some cultures as the Big Scaredy Run Away.
'Touched'
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Kathy A - Jun 13, 2006 7:13:59 am PDT #2278 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Sophia Brooks - Jun 13, 2006 7:14:08 am PDT #2279 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
See, I thought it was famous! The person to whom I was talking thought I had two heads!
Hayden - Jun 13, 2006 7:14:10 am PDT #2280 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I thought Browning's sympathies were most definitely with the circus folk, up to the point where he thought that we should be a bit horrified by the end, but also that we should think the unfaithful wife got what she deserved.
erikaj - Jun 13, 2006 7:16:53 am PDT #2281 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Yeah...that's probably what makes it beloved of the disability studies crowd.
Polter-Cow - Jun 13, 2006 7:17:02 am PDT #2282 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Freaks was recently mentioned in EW's Top 25 Controversial Movies of All Time list.
Sophia Brooks - Jun 13, 2006 7:17:09 am PDT #2283 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I feel like that is not quite it, though, looking at it. The one I saw had more of a documentary feeling. Perhaps I am making it up, though...
tommyrot - Jun 13, 2006 7:18:48 am PDT #2284 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I feel like that is not quite it, though, looking at it. The one I saw had more of a documentary feeling.
The Making of Freaks?
Behind the Freaks?
Polter-Cow - Jun 13, 2006 7:19:10 am PDT #2285 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Two-Legged Freaks ?
Aims - Jun 13, 2006 7:19:47 am PDT #2286 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Freaks on a Plane!
erikaj - Jun 13, 2006 7:20:01 am PDT #2287 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
There is a documentary made recently about some sideshow in...Florida? Have not seen that. Just got the Crip Signal. God, what might I write if my brain didn't have such...crap in it?! Have already done Freaks On A Plane But the video would've been disappointing, had there been any...it was during my pre-motherfucker period. But ten ADAPT activists on a plane counts, to airline personel, trust me.