[Dean's World] Dean: Gooble Gobble Gooble Gobble

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Posted by Dean:
Gooble Gobble Gooble Gobble
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   Thanks to the wondrous thing known as the DVR, I finally caught Tod
   Browning's [1]Freaks. It aired earlier this week on Turner Classic
   Movies, so I set a recording for it and finally got to it this
   morning.

   I have been reading about this movie, seeing footage stills from it,
   and hearing about it for years.

   It's not what I'd call a good movie, per se. That it was made in 1932
   is obvious. That most of the actors were not professional actors but
   are rather in the movie because of their physical oddness is also
   obvious. The dialogue is often wooden and, because some of the actors
   are German, sometimes hard to understand.

   Nevertheless I can see why it's considered a classic by film students.

   I think it's a bit of a shame that it was banned so many places and so
   thoroughly condemned that it all but destroyed the director's career.
   While the film is obviously somewhat exploitive, it's got a clearly
   humanist message that's hard not to respect.

References

   1. http://www.amazon.com/Freaks-Wallace-Ford/dp/B00027JYLC/sr=1-1/qid=1170515628/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-1553019-7391814?ie=UTF8&s=dvd/deansworld01-20