The Greatest Showman: a Movie in Review

Published: Oct. 28, 2020, 3:09 a.m.

In this episode of Check It/Round Table Onna discusses The Greatest Showman and how though she tends to intensely dislikes musicals and American films in general because she saw a MV made off of Until We Meet again Thai BL drama series, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGeYurfvKJYlyHYdcKe6OiB_SbGIgS5CH featuring the song from the Greatest Showman, Rewrite the Stars,  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUHS2Z8FWD8.  Onna considers how like most American films, this show covers the pursuit of fame and fortune which, the pursuit of in and of itself, is totally lame.  Onna adds in that though she did not like PT Barnum's pursuit of fame and money, though lame, did have some interesting points, such as his ways of advertising on milk cartons and the ingenuity of his colleague, who invested his percentage of profits so that when the business did fail, he was able to help restart the business but at that point he and PT go 50/50.  Onna considers how the way people looked different was used as a draw for oddities.  was not really a great equalizer but a way to mock people for being different.  She considers since growing up with Elephant Man the film, which she does not recommend for kids, she realized at an early age that caring for people and seeing how the world might treat others who are different left an indelible impression.  It's all here.  It's all real.  Playlist of Until We Meet Again:  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGeYurfvKJYlyHYdcKe6OiB_SbGIgS5CH

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