In 1932, "freaks" were supposed to be objects of medical curiosity or circus horror. Browning flipped the script. The real monsters aren't the people with missing limbs—it's the beautiful, able-bodied trapeze artist who throws a dwarf under a carriage for money. The moral of Freaks is terrifyingly simple: The only deformity is cruelty.
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Freaks (1932): The Film That Bared Humanity’s True Monsters