P.T. Barnum: The Most Horrific Show On Earth | Corporate Casket

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Blair Zoń

Documentary, Education, Business, Society & Culture

4.4 • 961 Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Sign up for our Patreon to support what we do! https://www.patreon.com/iilluminaughtii Welcome to the Corporate Casket, a weekly series where bad businesses go to die. P.T. Barnum has been romanticized over the years as a unique circus owner that celebrated the differences in people; but nothing could be further from the truth. Barnum made his fortune on the backs of exploited people, slaves, and kidnapped children. He doesn’t celebrate differences, he profits from racism. Connect With Me: https://linktr.ee/iilluminaughtii’ Sources: https://justpaste.it/3xcgp Writers/Researchers/Helpers: Ali Z-B This episode was edited and mixed by: G. Thomas Craig Album cover art created by: Betsy Primes Intro Song Credits: Trauma- Will Van De Crommert Outro Song Credits: Electronica Punch- Oleksandr Koltsov Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Disney has been known for romanticizing even the most tragic events, with Pocahontas probably
0:10.1	being one of their greatest disservicesces to a true history.
0:13.0	But about six years ago, they struck gold again
0:16.0	when Disney released The Greatest Showman.
0:18.0	You're all dismissed.
0:20.0	Bankrupt.
0:21.0	Better luck with your next job.
0:24.0	I am not a stranger to the dark.
0:28.0	This is not the life I promised you.
0:30.0	It's said to be based on the story of P.T. Barnum, the famous creator of the Barnum and Bailey circus.
0:35.8	In the trailer Barnum is a down on his luck guy that simply wants to make a difference.
0:39.8	He believes he can create a show that celebrates how everyone is special.
0:44.0	He sees all of us, even those considered as circus freaks, as human beings,
0:48.0	and he wants to show the world how unique his talented performers are.
0:52.0	He's going to turn them into stars. unique his talented performers are.
0:52.8	He's going to turn them into stars.
0:55.2	But as that feel-good This Is Me song plays, you might start to realize that Barnum isn't
1:00.3	celebrating anything.
1:01.7	He's simply exploiting people.
1:03.0	Nobody is like any one of us.
1:05.0	That's the point of my show.
1:08.0	Birdie?
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