H. Jon Benjamin
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- 1. Pilot Oct 4, 2006
- The squad is sent to the island of Jarbala to find the President's favorite nuts.
- 2. Glaucoma Oct 11, 2006
- The Hartsdales receive a veiled threat from Freak Mart.
- 3. Git to Gitten Oct 18, 2006
- The Freaks perform at a fair with country music superstar Toby Tritt Greenwood.
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 · Published October 18, 2021. Updated February 14, 2023. At the turn of the 20th century, many people who were born with unusual conditions joined "freak shows" in order to make a living. Horrifically, some were forced into it. On May 19, 1884, the Ringling Bros. Circus officially opened for business, capitalizing on the extreme to earn a profit.
Freak Show is a 2017 American comedy-drama film directed by Trudie Styler and written by Patrick J. Clifton and Beth Rigazio, based on the novel of the same name by James St. James. The film stars Alex Lawther, Abigail Breslin, AnnaSophia Robb, Ian Nelson, Celia Weston, Laverne Cox, and Bette Midler .
- $20,657
- Dan Romer
- $2 million
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Jan 12, 2018 · Freak Show relies on engaging performances and obviously good intentions to cover for its clichéd story and uneven direction -- and for some viewers, it may well be enough. Read Critics Reviews....
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In the vein of CLUELESS and NAPOLEON DYNAMITE, FREAK SHOW tells the moving, heartwarming, and hilarious story of Billy Bloom, a boldly confident, wildly eccentric teenager, who faces intolerance and persecution at his ultra conservative high school, and decides to fight back on behalf of all the misunderstood freaks of the world by running for t...
