Freaks Blog

While some critics see the film Freaks as a defense of equality while other critics believe that it is just shuns people that are "different" than  the people classified as "normal." Both of these arguments could be upheld from either perspective, especially in the movie, but I think that it is a defense of equality. There were the ones that would be considered "normal" were the ones that demonized the "freaks," but for the most part of the movie most of the people were accepting of the people that were not as normal as the others. The ones that were accepting of the "freaks" were also normal people that were more down to earth and accepted them as who they were. I think that it showed throughout the movie that there are people that will shun others and make fun of others differences, for the most part, people are more accepting of small differences and quirks. I believe that the movie is like a reality check for people, since there are a bunch of people out there that have differences (subtle or not) and that we should be accepting. Oh yeah, and I believe that it in the end, people that you make fun of and take advantage of will have their revenge, just like Hans and the other freaks tarring and feathering Cleopatra.