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Cirque du So Lame

The Greatest Show on Earth
1952 Best Picture

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Brad is obsessed with the circus and is definitely the inspiration for Indiana Jones’ style of dress. An over-acting blonde is determined to get placed in the center ring over the new addition, The Great Sebastian.

A fierce battle ensues for whose act gets to take the spotlight, while a love square develops. Not a triangle. A square.

Meanwhile, a clown is wanted for murder, but Buttons predates the actual murderous clown adjacent to my hometown and frankly, that’s the story I wish carried the movie because it’s a better one.

This movie is almost as ridiculous as the circus.

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2 responses to “Cirque du So Lame”

  1. Galen Humphrey Avatar
    Galen Humphrey

    “This movie is almost as ridiculous as the circus.”

    !!! I am USING that line! Love it.

    It’s high time we get to IMPORTANT matters: High Noon! 🙂

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  2. Suz Avatar
    Suz

    So now we understand why the cliche ‘a three ring circus’ persists. I do remember seeing this as a kid, and I remember I thought it was corny. At least, there was popcorn.

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