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- DictionaryFreak show/ˈfrēk ˌSHō/
noun
- 1. a sideshow at a fair, featuring abnormally developed people or animals.
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A freak show is an exhibition of biological rarities, referred to in popular culture as "freaks of nature". Typical features would be physically unusual humans, such as those uncommonly large or small, those with intersex variations, those with extraordinary diseases and conditions, and others with performances expected to be shocking to viewers.
Freak show, term used to describe the exhibition of exotic or deformed animals as well as humans considered to be in some way abnormal or outside broadly accepted norms. Although the collection and display of such so-called freaks have a long history—the exploitation of African slave Sarah Baartman.
Oct 18, 2021 · From the "four-legged girl" to the "dog-faced boy," meet the real people who starred in the Ringling Brothers' "freak show" acts of the late 19th century. From underpayment to exploitation, here's what it was really like to be a "freak show" performer.
The fourth season of the American horror anthology television series American Horror Story, subtitled Freak Show, is set in 1952 Jupiter, Florida, telling the story of one of the last remaining freak shows in the United States and their struggle for survival.
Dec 29, 2021 · For one hundred years (1840 – 1940) the freak show was one of America’s most popular forms of entertainment. Today the same shows would be considered unacceptable and cruel, or as one disability rights activist put it, “the pornography of disability.”
Feb 15, 2020 · American Horror Story: Freak Show focuses on a band of “freaks” working at a 1950s circus in Jupiter, Florida. The fourth season in the show, it contrasts its more muted, serious predecessors with bright costuming, anachronistic musical numbers, and a colorful setting.
Mar 21, 2020 · The freak show was the archetypal expression of popular culture, enjoyed by everyone from Queen Victoria to the common man, woman and child. Some shows had private rooms ‘for ladies only’; others were designed for the whole family.
