"Freaks" is indeed a rather cult movie, this theme should be unprecedented and unparalleled. And it is said that the original 90-minute version also includes the freaks castrating Hercules so that she becomes a castrated singer, and the plot of the freaks attacking Cleopatra in the woods, but it's a pity that you never see it again today. I am more interested in the latter, because at the end of the film Cleopatra becomes a hen unexplainably, and the process is not explained. ……Well, according to the current point of view, the taste is very heavy, and I feel sorry for the audience for a second. .
It is also because the film is so cult that it is easy to overlook the creative background. "Freaks" was released in January 1932, and filming time was in 1931. In 1931, the United States was at the bottom of the Great Depression. The economic collapse destroyed the lives of the bottom people and intensified the contradictions between the rich and the poor in society. In the movie, "adult" and "little man" are also like metaphors of the rich and the poor. The unfairness of the society to the freaks is also like the unfairness of the society to the poor. As "adults" Cleopatra and Hercules have never treated the freaks equally, especially at the wedding, the freaks are ready to accept Cleopatra as one of them, and invite her to drink the wine in the glass, and Cleopatra finally can't hide the anger and contempt. The mood broke out on the wine table and drove out these freaks. But then, in order to achieve the evil goal, Qu Yi greeted Hans with tenderness. Although Hans and his friends have physical defects, they are kind-hearted and help each other. After seeing through Cleopatra's tricks, they defeated Cleopatra and Hercules. This is also a typical film leftist narrative.
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