...when Constance was like "..Yes" when he asked her if she wanted to be taken away from that place. The way she said it was so sad. I can't believe people were actually treated like freakshows in the past like that...
I felt bad for Constance the whole time. Am I alone? :/
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I got the impression that it was difficult for her to articulate her feelings and it was a struggle for her to just say "yes." Maybe because no one interacted with her ever. And did you notice how far away and isolated her cage was from the rest of the circus? And why was she in a cage? Morbidly obese or not, she was still a human being.
I know, I know, it's just a cartoon, but still...
I don't know that much about circuses, but I think that back when they were younger, there were less clowns and lions and seals and Marvin The Tap-Dancing Horse, and more really short people, really tall people, really hairy people, and really fat people, which would include Constance. In other words, "It was a different time when Constance and Horace were younger." lol.
I am not sure if people were REALLY caged back then, or if Monster House was just trying to show everybody about the audiences laughing at (and in this case, tormenting) circus freaks. If that's true, the film did a good job... I guess.
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Something else that just now made sense. I now know where the phrase "It's not over until the fat lady sings." came from.
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I know this is super old, but I saw it and I could not help myself...this is definitely NOT the origin of that idiom (big ladies from the circus). It references the overweight soprano in an opera, who not always, but presumably, closes up the story/event..etc. You can only leave the theater during intermission if you didn't at the beginning...so, until "the fat lady sings" (the last solo - the conclusion of the play - the END) you cannot leave. And obviously that's just the origin, the meaning, I hope, is explicit.
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shareYou should watch the movie Freaks. These people were treated horribly.
shareI thought that it was hard for her to say yes because she wasn't from America and didn't speak English very well. Constance sounded sort of like she had an accent of some sort (maybe Russian or something like that.)
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Yes very sad. Sadder is that people are still being mean to people who are not normal. I do hope some people that saw this were changed by this movie. Very intelligent kids film.
shareNo you're not alone - I felt bad for Constance also. You were supposed to, that explains why she is so cruel in return. She was treated so badly - and now that's how she is. I also felt bad for Mr. Nebbercracker. He loved Constance so much!
And yes - after my kids and I got done watching this - for the 2nd time (we LOVE this movie) -the subject of circuses and freakshows was brought up. I told my kids that yes, this kind of thing really did happen - and I'm not sure but it still might go on. I just explained that I couldn't wrap my head around the idea of showcasing these people because they were different (albeit with their agreeing to do it!!)! The whole thing disgusts me.
Anyways Black_PuddleT5 - nice talkin' to ya lol......Have a great night! :-)
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sames, i cried both at that part and the part where they danced at the end ;-; thought that was so sad....
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Tragic monsters are the best monsters. The make us wonder who the real monsters actually were.
Constance was not a fragile innocent little lamb. (Hello... Taking an axe to these children was slightly an overreaction.) But without the cruelty of how people judged her so harshly she would have never gone that much overboard.