The Cynical Historian

The Greatest Showman | Based on a True Story (2018x40)

Air date: Nov 24, 2018

The Greatest Showman is just weird. I can’t hate it, like some critics who appallingly misrepresent the problems of this film, but even my musical-loving self can’t completely ignore them. PT Barnum simply does not yield the story we got here, which is too bad, because the old huckster deserves a good adaptation. ------------------------------------------------------------ references: PT Barnum, Barnum’s American Museum Museum Illustrated (New York: Norden and Leslie, 1850). https://www.loc.gov/resource/rbc0001.2014gen34181/?sp=1&r=0.231,1.15,0.685,0.404,0 PT Barnum, The Humbugs of the World: An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages (New York: Carleton Publisher, 1866). https://www.gutenberg.org/files/26640/26640-h/26640-h.htm PT Barnum, Life of PT Barnum: Written by Himself (Buffalo, N.York: The Courier Company, 1888). https://archive.org/details/lifeofptbarnum00barn PT Barnum, Struggles and Triumphs: Forty Years’ Recollections of PT Barnum (Buffalo, NY: Warren Johnson & Co., 1872) https://www.gutenberg.org/files/50115/50115-h/50115-h.htm Historical newspapers can be found on: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ Connecticut Digital Archive, PT Barnum Collections: https://collections.ctdigitalarchive.org/islandora/object/60002%3APTBarnumDigitalCollection http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/greatest-showman/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/true-story-pt-barnum-greatest-humbug-them-all-180967634/ https://www.ranker.com/list/historical-inaccuracies-in-the-greatest-showman/setareh-janda https://www.ranker.com/list/human-attractions-pt-barnum-freak-show/melissa-sartore?ref=collections_btm&l=2668614&collectionId=2160 ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or