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Freak Shows of Yesterday; Exploitation of Today
My inspiration for this page was Daisy and Violet Hilton, conjoined twins whose tragic story is dramatized in the musical "Side Show". As we left the performance of this moving and under-appreciated show, I was struck by how we claim to have moved beyond gawking at people with disabilities, but we still sit glued to endless TLC programs about people with unusual conditions (drug and alcohol addiction, hoarding, dwarfism, extreme morbid obesity) or uncommon family structures (sextuplets, sister wives, 19 kids).
