A look at some of the famous human oddities of the Golden Age of Freak Shows; part one of a three part series examining the phenomen of exhibiting human oddities from 1830-today.
Kermit the Frog sang that “It ain’t easy being green.” How about, “It ain’t easy being a conjoined-twin forced into a humiliating form of circus-slavery,” or “It ain’t easy having no limbs.” Being green is the least of these people’s worries. (In fact it might be nice to be culturally-beloved for a change.) At the turn of the last century, entertainment was a different species than it is today, having not T.V. or radio or action movies; you had to witness a living miracle in order to be fully entertained, and circuses provided that very thing.
A look at some of the famous human oddities of the Golden Age of Freak Shows; part one of a three part series examining the phenomen of exhibiting human oddities from 1830-today.
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Elsa Mars is a German expatriate who is managing a dying freak show. She is a character in Freak Show portrayed by Jessica Lange. Elsa is a tortured woman with a dangerous desire for fame and a chilling secret. One that, when uncovered, reveals that she has more in common with her "monsters" than it appears. Elsa Mars was a singer and German expatriate with a dark past of prostitution. She was a collector and caregiver of human oddities, often finding them in orphanages, asylums, hospitals, and
Jenny Lee & Elvira Snow Freaks has earned its place in history as one of the all-time great cult films, though it wasn’t always beloved. The film was reviled by both critics and audiences upon release in 1932. It was a career-killer for Tod Browning, who had previously been a Hollywood golden child with a string of Lon Chaney hits under his belt and who had just come off the enormous success of Dracula. The film shocked audiences with its use of actual sideshow “freaks” as actors: Among the characters featured as “freaks” were Peter Robinson (“the human skeleton”); Olga Roderick (“the bearded lady”); Frances O’Connor and Martha Morris (“armless wonders”); and the conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton. Among the microcephalics who appear in the film (and are referred to as “pinheads”) were Zip and Pip (Elvira and Jenny Lee Snow) and Schlitzie, a male named Simon Metz who wore a dress mainly due to incontinence, a disputed claim. Also featured were the intersexual Josephine Joseph, with her left/right divided gender; Johnny Eck, the legless man; the completely limbless Prince Randian (also known as The Human Torso, and mis-credited as “Rardion”); Elizabeth Green the Stork Woman; and...
A look at some strange and bizarre things from the past.
Top ten list of some of the best-known sideshow performers working during the golden era of freak shows at circuses and fair midways.
In the 19th and most of the 20th century, humankind’s obsession with all things weird and freaky could only be satisfied with a trip to the circus freak show. There, our ancestors could ogle people afflicted with skin conditions, deformities, and eccentricities, and sometimes people who just happened to be from another culture that the […]
Once popular, until changes in attitudes led to the decline of freak shows as a form of popular entertainment, check out the complete freak show history.
The human body is truly amazing!
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In the 19th and most of the 20th century, humankind’s obsession with all things weird and freaky could only be satisfied with a trip to the circus freak show. There, our ancestors could ogle people afflicted with skin conditions, deformities, and eccentricities, and sometimes people who just happened to be from another culture that the […]
Jenny Lee & Elvira Snow Freaks has earned its place in history as one of the all-time great cult films, though it wasn’t always beloved. The film was reviled by both critics and audiences upon release in 1932. It was a career-killer for Tod Browning, who had previously been a Hollywood golden child with a string of Lon Chaney hits under his belt and who had just come off the enormous success of Dracula. The film shocked audiences with its use of actual sideshow “freaks” as actors: Among the characters featured as “freaks” were Peter Robinson (“the human skeleton”); Olga Roderick (“the bearded lady”); Frances O’Connor and Martha Morris (“armless wonders”); and the conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton. Among the microcephalics who appear in the film (and are referred to as “pinheads”) were Zip and Pip (Elvira and Jenny Lee Snow) and Schlitzie, a male named Simon Metz who wore a dress mainly due to incontinence, a disputed claim. Also featured were the intersexual Josephine Joseph, with her left/right divided gender; Johnny Eck, the legless man; the completely limbless Prince Randian (also known as The Human Torso, and mis-credited as “Rardion”); Elizabeth Green the Stork Woman; and...
Once popular, until changes in attitudes led to the decline of freak shows as a form of popular entertainment, check out the complete freak show history.
When I was a little girl, nothing terrified me more than going to the circus, which for some reason, my family loved taking me to. Despite my pleads of, "Noooo, I don't want to!", which they probably thought were the pleadings and rantings of a bratty little girl (I wasn't bratty, I was a good girl). But, they were the pleadings of a very scared girl! Clowns, freaks, it was all horrific to me. I remember going to freak shows as a little girl and coming home traumatized. Now that I'm older, I'm no longer scared or terrified. I can now appreciate and see the true beauty of "freaks" and freak shows. Yes, beauty. Beauty because these "freaks", really are just like you and me. The only difference is their physical appearance. Perhaps they have some sort of disease that makes them grow an incredible amount of hair. Or they have a disease that makes their limbs shorter than the typical person. But, like us (and by "us", I mean those of us that do not have similar afflictions) they have hearts. They have feelings. They laugh. They cry. They have families. They love. I truly believe that when we are born with certain afflictions, things that make us stand out from the typical person - it's almost like a gift. It's like a gift in the sense that we can learn from each other, we can love each other. Beauty truly is on the inside. What's on the outside - that's only temporary. For example, if you're overweight, you can lose the weight. But what's on the inside, well, you just can't find that in anyone, because we are all unique. We all have different minds and hearts. No two people are alike. But, we all laugh, cry and love. We are all beautiful. Inside AND out! ================================================= http://surferjerry.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/freak-show.jpg The Salon Sisters || http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Salon-Sisters.jpg http://e-vint.com/shop/fun/odd/odddet001.jpg http://e-vint.com/shop/fun/odd/odddet004.jpg http://e-vint.com/shop/fun/odd/oddth.jpg http://s013.radikal.ru/i323/1011/95/aeea8c979327.jpg http://www.miamakila.com/blogg/wp-content/article_image-image-article.jpg http://ny-image0.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.167791832.jpg Dolly Dimples 1938 || http://www.fungus-amungus.com/clickpic/lg_Dolly_Dimples_Freak_Show_Cony_Island_1938_8x10.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Pastrana.JPG/220px-Pastrana.JPG http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/903/903,1102627873,1/stock-photo-vintage-photo-circa-of-a-man-with-a-very-long-beard-58717.jpg https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaeCkJZwNpEzL_61JLgoeBLL8zc8G-lVo9kReHEdEd5VNBlRfPaCMGdcYB_UJlGfmMouo187bwlfeKGZOVZCLiIW7UdUTLevZyqV5ZT_e3bDKRH7m5RLExYJoIiOkifqZUAYOZIp-8Oekd/s1600/edwardian+freakshow.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3064/2573494707_510ab71be5.jpg http://www.heyrubecircus.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Freak_show_1941-400x302.jpg A newer "freak" || https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS7ySX3POsxdlgLtuvEvD3OTPV418ov_yO5rddM0BhKerWV597uG_mfm8uV4IDjfYco_rbWBjzRZSOvt_2yh8tQDcdEJijYhuclNA4lod7L6YGiNhKF28gpony32GH1bMX_-eHguf9gbs/s400/ripleys_freak_show_009.jpg ================================================= I am reminded of this episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm, it's pretty funny. Here's a clip. Curb Your Enthusiasm - The Freak Book ================================================= So what does Wikipedia consider to be a "freak"? Let's take a look... "An older usage refers to the physically deformed, or having extraordinary diseases and conditions, such as sideshow performers. This has fallen into disuse, except as a pejorative, and (among the performers of such shows) as jargon. A "freak" in this sense can be formally defined as someone not falling within typical standard deviations." And more contemporary... "commonly used to refer to a person with something unusual about their appearance or behaviour" Here's the Full Wiki Article ================================================= Below are some video clips of vintage freak shows. Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZfWhu9YuCU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K9STCgY4sY&feature=fvw ================================================= And to top it off, I recently wrote a song that is fitting, I think. (A little self-promotion doesn't hurt, either!) http://soundcloud.com/embers-in-pompeii/a-freak-maybe-and-so-on-and-so-forth ================================================= So, if anyone has ever called you a "freak", just say, "Thank you!" and smile, because, in reality, being a freak isn't such a bad thing, is it? It just means you're unique. Being a "freak" is beautiful, at least in my eyes. ================================================= With warm regars, Christina E. Pietrowski
In the 19th and most of the 20th century, humankind’s obsession with all things weird and freaky could only be satisfied with a trip to the circus freak show. There, our ancestors could ogle people afflicted with skin conditions, deformities, and eccentricities, and sometimes people who just happened to be from another culture that the […]
Kermit the Frog sang that “It ain’t easy being green.” How about, “It ain’t easy being a conjoined-twin forced into a humiliating form of circus-slavery,” or “It ain’t easy having no limbs.” Being green is the least of these people’s worries. (In fact it might be nice to be culturally-beloved for a change.) At the turn of the last century, entertainment was a different species than it is today, having not T.V. or radio or action movies; you had to witness a living miracle in order to be fully entertained, and circuses provided that very thing.
'Freak Shows' were a popular form of entertainment between the 16th and 19th Centuries. Despite changing attitudes towards disabilities our 21st Century society is itself a 'Freak Show'.
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Jenny Lee & Elvira Snow Freaks has earned its place in history as one of the all-time great cult films, though it wasn’t always beloved. The film was reviled by both critics and audiences upon release in 1932. It was a career-killer for Tod Browning, who had previously been a Hollywood golden child with a string of Lon Chaney hits under his belt and who had just come off the enormous success of Dracula. The film shocked audiences with its use of actual sideshow “freaks” as actors: Among the characters featured as “freaks” were Peter Robinson (“the human skeleton”); Olga Roderick (“the bearded lady”); Frances O’Connor and Martha Morris (“armless wonders”); and the conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton. Among the microcephalics who appear in the film (and are referred to as “pinheads”) were Zip and Pip (Elvira and Jenny Lee Snow) and Schlitzie, a male named Simon Metz who wore a dress mainly due to incontinence, a disputed claim. Also featured were the intersexual Josephine Joseph, with her left/right divided gender; Johnny Eck, the legless man; the completely limbless Prince Randian (also known as The Human Torso, and mis-credited as “Rardion”); Elizabeth Green the Stork Woman; and...
In the 19th and most of the 20th century, humankind’s obsession with all things weird and freaky could only be satisfied with a trip to the circus freak show. There, our ancestors could ogle people afflicted with skin conditions, deformities, and eccentricities, and sometimes people who just happened to be from another culture that the […]
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