#costs when irvin feld bought RB&B in 1967 (he was also the first person not associated with any of the namesakes familes to own the circus)

[naptimeclown]

Watching the greatest showman for the second time ever just so I can make myself mad enough to motivate me to clean

#i have a big love/hate relationship with this movie #the music is so good but the actual movie is ass in terms of historical accuracy which im not expecting out of it #but i cant help thinking about it while watching it and it makes me so mad i could chew through a leather boot #pt barnumb was an asshole and a bigot and a terrible human being i dont need this movie presenting him as a misguided but good father and #proprietor of arts like 'oh yeah i hired the 'freaks' and paraded them around in bad faith but i realized this and now im sowwy' #man was a shithead through and through not to mention the lack if mention of how animals were trained back them #also how the circus would basically BUY the 'freaks' from their families in some cases and they were basically stuck with the circus till #they died and the only reason the sideshow was discontined with ringlings (which was in 1950s-60s i dont remember specifically) was to cut #costs when irvin feld bought RB&B in 1967 (he was also the first person not associated with any of the namesakes familes to own the circus) #i mention all this as a lover of circus history and a clown but i cant stand this movie #i do love watching the scene where the performers beat the shit out of those racists though even if it is pandering and glosses over it in #kinda self congradulatory way that also makes me mad but basically this wholeovie can be summed up with #they gloss over the actual shitty happenings of the circus in that time to present you with this fantastical timeline where everythig works #out in the end and everyone has cotton candy and peanuts #which honestly sums up the circus very well too #i should start making posts about circus history that makes me angry but i dint want someone taking it wrong which ik is inevitable on here #ramblings