I
see Freaks as a melodrama. Looking up
the definition of melodrama, it is described a dramatic piece appealing to the
emotions, whereas horror is defined as a feeling of shock or disgust. I don’t
think that he wanted people to feel disgusted or scared by the characters on
screen, but rather tell of a story that catered to their abnormalities. It used
the freaks as an indication of class, showing how Cleopatra felt superior to
them because she felt she was better. The film didn’t play out as if it were a
horror film with scares or the suspense that they involve. It more played out
as a drama of a dwarf loving a woman that wouldn’t love him back, and trying to
take advantage of him, that ended up having a dramatic turn of events in the
conclusion.
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