The greatest showman - The hiring scene

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[marlonrando]

They won't laugh, they'll salute.

[lauriesmith]

The interesting thing about this scene is that the real Charles was actually four-years-old when Barnum hired him, not twenty-two, and he and Barnum were actually distant cousins.

[Zeruel]

If anyone's wondering why Barnum made the giant pretend to be Irish it's because there was a very famous Irish giant called Charles Byrne who exhibited himself in London around the end of the 18th century

[anothercovers]

The mother’s response, “I don’t have a son.” Ouch.

[marlonrando]

Who else was disappointed when the hammering wasn't the beginning of a song?!

[kucinghoren]

"We need new x-men movie, before disney buy us!"
"Make wolverine sing?!"
"Greatest idea!"

[gonk]

I love how Hugh Jackman has had enough iconic roles to not only be know/recognized as 'the Wolverine guy'

[gaiavalleo]

“You are so talented, blessed, extraordinary, unique, beautiful. They don’t understand but they will.” One of the best lines and scenes in the movie in my opinion

[mateorodriguezquezada]

Among Barnum's "freaks, " the film portrays Asian conjoined twins. The actual twins were Chang and Eng Bunker, two brothers born in Siam (modern day Thailand), whose heritage was the basis of the term "Siamese twins." Chang and Eng retired after their life in P.T. Barnum's circus to North Carolina, got married and had eleven children and ten children, respectively. However, they became destitute after the American Civil War and went on tour again. They both died in 1874, Chang from a brain blood clot and Eng from heart failure, or shock (the sources differ), merely three hours later.

[henrymanley]

Lesson in life: Never judge a book by its cover, it's what's on the inside that counts!

[NiVi]

"... Yeah we're gonna change that name."

[brookerickettson]

A point I haven’t seen made yet, is that while the different people were brought together to draw crowds, they WERE brought together. Before, they all were isolated and mostly alone. Weak against a world that rejected them at best. Together, they were stronger, and had a community to rely on for emotional support. Often the “freak show “ was a tight knit surrogate family, a tradition of necessity that persists into today within any group of society outsiders.

[benjaminholman]

The fact that Charles looked so dejected because of his size when he first meets PT Barnum, only to eventually be mouthing off to the Queen of England for mentioning his size, is probably the instance of character development that impressed me the most in this film.

[scruffytheinsanejanitor]

I keep hearing comments about how the real Barnum profited and exploited these people. Well that is true but I think alot of people are forgetting something. THEY HAD NO CHOICE! Being in his show was probably the only good line of work they could get at the time. I'm not defending the abuse he caused them. But I will say it was the only decent line of work people like them could get at that time. Freaks couldn't be bankers, merchants, or much of anything without being harrassed and discriminated. For what it was worth. It was the best job they could have.

[BooBop]

I really love the part when one of Barnum Girl's is being so very brave to the Beard Lady!

[chocolateandbooks]

I wish they had the extended version of these on the DVD Extras. Supposedly Hugh improvised when he interviewed each of the oddities and he interviewed them all. . I would have loved to see all the interviews

[graffitiperez]

They saw them as freaks but i see them as unique people

[lilythegamer]

They hide they're true beauty because of this judgemental society.

[estrellaescobar]

- Can i ask how heavy you are? Do you have a number for that?
- I prefer not to say...
- Just between you and me.
- *whispers* 500 pounds.
- 750 pounds?!
- No, sir, 500 pounds...!
*proceds to show a sign with "more than 750" on it*

[coralroper]

Would've been nice if they'd given more screentime to the actual freaks, since a lot of their stories are pretty fascinating.