Response to Brianne: March 17th

I agree a lot with what Brianne talked about in this post. There are people out there who will do just about anything no matter how it will hurt others. After finishing Freaks I liked how the film did turn the term of “Freak” and made the normal looking people the “freaks” because of their attitude and actions towards the other performers in the Sideshow. I also liked how Brianne made a connection with teenagers and how they act. However, I would disagree and say that the actions she talked about like being “vicious for no reason to someone who is different either to hide the fact that they insecure, or to get a laugh” are not solely denoted to teenagers, but to all ages. I haven’t come across an age group who has not fallen victim to the torment of treating people who are different with less respect than they deserve. It doesn’t really make sense why someone would treat someone cruelly just because they are anatomically different, because technically we are all anatomically different from one another. In that respect we are all the same because of our differences. Oh how I love to be all philosophical. Yes.