Sentences with phrase «outcast bearded lady»

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The film also weaves in lots of scenes that are meant to make us think that Barnum was the first 21st century - style «woke» white straight man in America — a goodhearted fellow who gave circus jobs to outcasts of one kind or another (talk about a big tent: the repertory company includes African - Americans, little people, giants, conjoined twins and a bearded lady), not just because they happened to possess certain talents or physical characteristics that Barnum could exploit (often by appealing to the majority's prurient interests or bigotries) but because the onetime poor boy Barnum sees himself in their striving, and wants to build a theatrical - carnival arts utopia in America's largest city with help from his new partner, rich kid turned playwright Philip Carlyle (Zac Efron).

His solution for the fame and fortune that will win their approval is to gather together local outcasts from society, including a diminutive man he calls Tom Thumb (Sam Humphrey), a hair - covered man he calls Dog Boy (Luciano Acuna, Jr.), and that carnival staple, a Bearded Lady (Keala Settle), then sell tickets to the public to gawk at them.