freak-show

One, it is completely insane to me that animal freak-shows still exist, that the freak-show operator was going to spend $3,000 for the privilege of exhibiting and exploiting this animal, and that the cost of rescuing this animal was so high.

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One, it is completely insane to me that animal freak-shows still exist, that the freak-show operator was going to spend $3,000 for the privilege of exhibiting and exploiting this animal, and that the cost of rescuing this animal was so high.

because they can’t speak « paper fruit 2009

All of which leads me to my favorite holiday, Halloween, that festive time of year where we dress up as whatever our imagination dictates to celebrate death, evil, monsters, and other inhabitants of the dark, freak-show side of life.

Jane Chafin: A Prelude to Halloween Jane Chafin 2011

To be sure, there has always been a freak-show element to the Beales in all of their incarnations, from the recent Broadway musical (sparked itself by a landmark performance from Christine Ebersole) to the original 1975 documentary.

Lange, Barrymore captivate in HBO's 'Grey Gardens' 2009

It's just different enough not to seem a rip-off, and I very much appreciated the clever "blind audition" episodes focusing almost exclusively on good and worthy singers, sparing us of the freak-show ridicule Idol so gruesomely wallows in.

Ask Matt: Fringe, The Voice, Justified, Glee and More! 2011

All of which leads me to my favorite holiday, Halloween, that festive time of year where we dress up as whatever our imagination dictates to celebrate death, evil, monsters, and other inhabitants of the dark, freak-show side of life.

Jane Chafin: A Prelude to Halloween Jane Chafin 2011

Three — count them, ladies and gentlemen, THREE — stomach-turning tales to terrify and delight are packed into this freak-show menagerie, starring that most tenacious survivor of genetic adversity, that hardy bottom-feeder at the fringes of our civil society†¦ the hirsute, unkillable half-animal†¦ WOOOOLVERINE!

Marvel Comics Solicitations for May 2008 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009

While the freak-show factor runs high check the show's title! and the shock-treatment stuff is outlandish, what makes Freaky Eaters rewarding is the humanity at its heart — the viewer soon realizes he or she isn't watching a freak, but a human being struggle with what is effectively an addiction.

Freaky Eaters' Dr. Mike Dow and JJ Virgin: People Tune In for the Freak Factor 2011

All of which leads me to my favorite holiday, Halloween, that festive time of year where we dress up as whatever our imagination dictates to celebrate death, evil, monsters, and other inhabitants of the dark, freak-show side of life.

Jane Chafin: A Prelude to Halloween Jane Chafin 2011

Reminded that Muhammad Ali and others were practical jokers who employed freak-show comedy to shift tickets, Klitschko said: Muhammad Ali supported the black movement in the United States, he refused to go to Vietnam, he made hostages free in Iraq.

Wladimir Klitschko leads David Haye after round two in heavyweight hype 2011