P.T. Barnum
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11/09/20 • 14 min
Recent media depictions of P.T. Barnum have painted him as an innovative, albeit flawed, circus magnate concerned with just one thing: putting on the greatest show. But digging deeper into his troubling past, one might discover that there's a lot more to the man than meets the eye.
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Recent media depictions of P.T. Barnum have painted him as an innovative, albeit flawed, circus magnate concerned with just one thing: putting on the greatest show. But digging deeper into his troubling past, one might discover that there's a lot more to the man than meets the eye.
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In this bonus episdoe, David expands upon his thoughts on P.T. Barnum, particularly with regards to historical revisionism and The Greatest Showman (2018).
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