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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-06-07 04:40 PM
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Well, this is creepy
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ceile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-06-07 04:41 PM
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1. That whole movie is creepy.
Can't remember the name right now-about circus "freaks".
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rhiannon55 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-06-07 04:44 PM
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2. "Freaks"
is the name of the movie.
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Adsos Letter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-06-07 04:57 PM
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3. Looks like the kind of stuff the Nazi's produced....
...to justify their euthenasia programs. Why people get a kick out of that stuff is beyond me.
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China_cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-06-07 05:18 PM
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5. You never saw those 'freaks' paychecks.
I traveled with a carnival for quite a few years and new a lot of the 'freaks'. The majority of them had paid up permanent homes, motor homes, companions to help them with what they couldn't do for themselves and never took a penny of welfare of any kind.

At least until the sideshows were closed, that is.
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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-06-07 04:58 PM
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4. you posting in GD?
:shrug:
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-06-07 07:40 PM
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9. One needs to slum on occasion
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enigmatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-06-07 05:41 PM
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6. "Freaks" is a classic, man
Tod Browning's best film...
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puerco-bellies Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-06-07 06:24 PM
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7. one of us, one of us, one of us...
I need to rent this again, it's been thirty years.
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-06-07 07:32 PM
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8. I agree
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-06-07 07:44 PM
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10. Creepy why?
I haven't seen this movie that's been suggested here, but it looks like this is a person who isn't hurting anyone, nor doing anything wrong.

Is it the particular .gif that's creepy? I think I'm missing something in the translation.
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-06-07 07:55 PM
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11. The black and white footage combined with
the whole idea of the "freaks" movie. I've never understood the fascination with that, that's why I think it's creepy
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-06-07 07:57 PM
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12. Ah, so it's the imagery. I agree.
The imagery is kinda creepy, I think, to me, is largely based in intent. I thought folks were kind of getting on the content.
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hunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-06-07 10:27 PM
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13. My freshman Film Studies class... the prof's way of saying "This ain't high school anymore."
"Freaks," "Clockwork Orange," and "Easy Rider."

Geez. And my friend Linda was up above us all on the catwalks amidst the lights and cables getting drunk alone.

Those were my Dorthy in Oz times.
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asthmaticeog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-06-07 10:30 PM
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14. I don't wanna be a pinhead no more.
I just met a nurse that I could go for.
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