Before proceeding with the showing of the showing of the following HIGHLY UNUSUAL ATTRACTION, a few words should be said about the amazing subject matter.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT-----STRANGE AS IT SEEMS.
In ancient times anything that deviated from the normal was considered an omen of ill luck or representative of evil. Gods of misfortune and adversity were invariably cast in the form of monstrosities, and deeds of injustice and hardship have been attributed to the many crippled and deformed tyrants of Europe and Asia.
HISTORY, RELIGION, FOLKLORE and LITERATURE abound in tales of misshapen misfits who have altered the world's course. GOLIATH, CALABAN, FRANKENSTEIN, GLOUCESTER, TOM THUMB and KAISER WILHELM are just a few, whose fame is world wide.
The accident of abnormal birth was considered a disgrace and malformed children were placed out in the elements to die. If, perchance, one of these freaks of nature survived, he was always regarded with suspicion. Society shunned him because of his deformity, and a family so hampered was always ashamed of the curse put upon it.
Occasionally, one of these unfortunates was taken to court to be jeered at or ridiculed for the amusement of the nobles. Others were left to eke out a living by begging, stealing, or starving.
For the love of beauty is a deep seated urge which dates back to the beginning of civilization. The revulsion with which we view the abnormal, them malformed and the mutilated is the result of long conditioning by our forefathers. the majority of freaks themselves, are endowed with normal thoughts and emotions. Their lot is truly a heart-breaking one.
They are forced into the most unnatural of lives. Therefore, they have built up among themselves a code of ethics to protect them from the barbs of normal people. Their rules are rigidly adhered to and the hurt of one is the hurt of all, the joy of one is the joy of all. The story about to be revealed is a story based on the effect of this code upon their lives.
Never again will such a story be filmed, as modern science and technology is rapidly eliminating such blunders of nature from the world.
With humility for the many injustices done to such people, (they have no power to control their lot) we present the most startling horror story of the ABNORMAL and THE UNWANTED
THE 30 SECOND PITCH (second attempt)
15 years ago
Movies/plays/novels depicting the injustices of those who are not considered "normal" rarely depict a group of such people developing their own code of ethics. I enjoyed that aspect of this movie. Victor Hugo touched upon this in "Hunchback of Notre Dame". In this novel the concept of "abnormal" not only applied to Qwasi(sp?) Moto, but to the Gypsies as well. The Gypsies developed their own code and accepted the hunchback as one of their own. . . not only because his mother was a Gypsy.
ReplyDeleteOn a lighter note . . . there's also "Bubbleboy".
Differences in appearance, culture, ideology, etc. can cause discomfort to those set in their ways. I discovered this week that neighborhoods different from your own are capable of creating just as much anxiety.
I admit to having been quite nervous in Red Hook at first. Face it, Red Hook has received a bad rap for many generations (even among us native Brooklynites). . . so why bother to visit? Not until I ventured back to Bensonhurst a few days ago did I start to find similarities between a neighborhood I am familiar with to one that is relatively foreign. That helped tremendously. At one point, I even felt comfortable enough to become angry with an inconsiderate person in the Fairway Market parking lot. I doubt that would've happened if I hadn't visited Red Hook a few times.