Sentences with phrase «of freak show»

In place of a freak show, she finds individuals at risk.

In tandem with the so - called rise of the common man during the Jacksonian Age, an era that many see as approximate to our own, there was also a boom of the freak show (or reality TV, if you will) and humbuggery.

I agree that it is a combination of the Wonders being promoted as a kind of freak show for monetary gain without any word about the world needing some kindness and acceptance for disabilities.

Check out the first official trailer of Freak Show, the upcoming drama comedy movie directed by Trudie Styler and starring Alex Lawther, Abigail Breslin, AnnaSophia Robb, Ian Nelson, Celia Weston, Willa Fitzgerald, Laverne Cox, Larry Pine, Bette Midler, and John McEnroe:

We've got our hands on a preview clip of Freak Show, the upcoming LGBT drama comedy movie directed by Trudie Styler and starring Alex Lawther, Abigail Breslin, Bette Midler, AnnaSophia Robb, Ian Nelson, Lorraine Toussaint, and Laverne Cox:

Take a look to the first official poster of Freak Show, the upcoming drama comedy movie starring Alex Lawther, Abigail Breslin, Bette Midler, AnnaSophia Robb, Ian Nelson, Lorraine Toussaint, and Laverne Cox:

And over the course of the following decade he helped develop the public image of bodybuilding from some kind of a freak show to the well - respected sport it is today.

Peter the Great of Russia wanted to amass wonders of nature and artifice; he succeeded in gathering together a collection with more than a hint of the freak show.

One might expect the atmosphere of a freak show; instead, the mood around the specimens is pensive and subdued.

In fact, sluggers Ronnie Ford and Bert Smith of the Caesars and Benny Holt of the Storm hit so many home runs during the first weekend of play that the league office became concerned that Chicago spectators might view the sport as some sort of freak show and never come back.

Pete went further than I did the debate portion of the campaign somewhat of a freak show.

Not exact matches

In recent years, the Sunshine State has become a kind of permanent American freak show, home to zombie face - eaters, and vigilante security guards who shoot black teens for wearing suspicious sweatshirts.

Financial markets freaked out last month after the jobs report showed an annualized rise of 2.9 % in average hourly earnings.

Calling CBS's Undercover Boss one of reality television's better offerings may seem like damning with faint praise, but in its first season, the show managed to be surprisingly entertaining and even thoughtful, rarely descending into the kind of freak - show antics that prop up most other reality series.

I found myself way too invested in an early regular season game between two middling teams, though it was an entertaining show: New York's 7» 3 ″ phenom / freak - of - nature Kristaps Porzingis dropped 31 points in a 107 - 103 New York win.

The segment — which aired during Wednesday night's episode of The Late Late Show — shows Corden picking Obama up at the White House before jamming out to songs such as «Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours» by Stevie Wonder, «Get Ur Freak On» by Missy Elliott and Beyoncé's «Single Ladies» while driving around the White House grounds.

This woman has decided to make a freak show out of her refusal to engage in normal personal hygiene.

I'm as big a supporter of the 1st amendment as anyone, but the only purpose this blog serves now is as a spleen venting freak show.

The Palin family's five children would have been unexceptional forty years ago, but today constitute something of a fertility freak show.

Yes, queer people want to recruit the young, not by kidnapping young men... but by being mentors and role models who would show gay and lesbian adolescents that they are not alone, that they are not freaks, that they need not continue committing suicide at three times the rate of straight teenagers.»

Despite lasting for just 18 episodes, Freaks and Geeks is widely regarded as one of the best TV shows of all time.

Since the show first aired, much of the cast has gone on to become superstars — including James Franco, Seth Rogen, Jason Segel and Busy Philipps — but Freaks and Geeks offers a look at their early talent as misfit teens trying to make sense of life, purpose and relationships.

A bunch of Tea Klan Christians who saw the show started doing their usual Obama freak out, Glenn Beck jumped on the bandwagon of idiots, and CNN reported that.

Instead of being outcast and marginalized as they should be, they are now elements to the Great American Freak Show.

He created a show that was an invasion of Earth from Martians but the problem is that people tuned in and FREAKED OUT.

As his patients suffer from bizarre afflictions like Tourette Syndrome, anosmia (loss of the sense of smell), and deficient proprioception (the ability to sense one's own body), there is an unmistakable «freak show» appeal to the book.

In the future the Pope will be more of a clown or freak show act than anything.

Like ALL reality shows they are not about «real life» they are just shows about the freaks of nature that co-opt their dignity for a few thousands dollars and their 30 seconds of «fame».

Since I realize you may freak out and head towards the door if I show you one of my giant green smoothies first thing, we'll start on the mellow end.

My sister - in - law freaks out at the idea of how «hard» gf baking is, so will be so pleased to show her how easy it is instead!

Maybe the kids preferred the freak show, but what the county farmers came to see were the teamsters» tugs - of - war

1 - Miller has had about a dozen NBA players, lots of them are starting in the NBA with nothing to show for except 2 E8s 2 - His program has been dragged thru the mudd and our program's name is tainted 3 - His top assistant is a criminal 4 - He is a control freak and very stobborn 4 - His teams have been bounced by double digit seeds in a humiliating fashion in the last 3 years 4 - He runs a boring ugly brand of BB 5 - He belgures his players on national TV 6 - Should I keep going

Then the same freak show will continue and Wenger will then be handed a handsome extension to continue the cycle of mediocrity backed by a board and owner who could not give a monkeys chuff about our club, let alone football.

But the freak injury to Mertesacker on a pitch that looked as if it had just hosted the Horse of the Year Show soon disabused us of any optimism.

They show up at the store dressed like pink princesses, freak out over all the pink stuff in the store, ignore the non-pink aisles of the store and leave with shopping carts full of pink, pink, and more pink.

Maybe I am part of the problem — if all of us stopped taking crap from strangers BF would cease to be a freak show for them — but all I want to do is feed my baby in peace.

Dressing up in matching wreaths, stripping your baby down to nothing and sitting awkwardly in the freaking middle of the aisle and fully exposing your breast are not about promoting breastfeeding, it is about getting attention and showing how super special you are for breastfeeding.

Setting out his vision for the third party, which has been accused of damaging infighting and volatile leadership, Mr Clegg said politics can not be a «Westminster village freak show».

Sounds like Obama control freaks are behind this article - should Republicans cut bait - it shows the marks of Obama - his M.O. - eliminate the competition so you don't have to defeat the competition.

None of this fits terribly well with the usual «family values,» fiscally conservative Republican mold, and yet the freak show is gaining some big traction early in the exploratory cycle for Republican presidential candidates.

We should really be treating the spectacle in the same way we now view a Victorian freak show: a curiosity that belongs to another era... They are a hollowed out, skin - flaking cusp of a party.»

A consensus is emerging among political professionals that six photo - finish statewide contests show the classic signs of extending beyond Election Day, with freak show - style recounts — massive influxes of lawyers, partisan volunteers and media hordes — seemingly likely to follow.

Own all seasons of The Walking Dead (in our humble opinion the best freaking show ever made) in high - quality 1080p HD on BluRay.

Frankenstein became a runaway best seller, and because no one could yet figure out how to make a movie of it, enterprising moguls settled on the next best thing, if not in fact a slightly better thing: the freak show.

The end result: both sexual partners died within several weeks, but not until after the females each laid thousands of eggs to carry the freak show to future generations.

To call these guys a freak show is an insult to the real freaks of nature.

«That the community can be severely perturbed and then bounce back is very encouraging,» notes Dethlefsen, adding that the findings show there's probably no reason for healthy people to «freak out» about the effects of antibiotics on their digestive systems.

However, I also remembered hearing that former NFL running back, current MMA fighter, and genetic freak - show Herschel Walker would also only eat one meal a day, and on occasion, not eat at all throughout the course of the day (Video here).

Most of the fitness freaks focus on the show muscles which are biceps, triceps, and chest.

So to get yourself out of disparities and freak show aspects and follow these MMA fighting rules that will make you legitimate and widely respected.