The Greatest Show On Earth Many Americans call the Barnum and Bailey Circus “The Greatest Show On Earth.” For years, Hundreds of people have bought tickets to see the amazing spectacle of a Barnum and Bailey Circus. The circus has two different shows that the present in various cities around the United States. The first is called Circus eXtreme and the second is called Out Of This World. Both shows have many amazing acts including the famous Ringling Elephants. The shows are about two hours long and starts with a pre show.
The Out Of This World Circus starts by letting the visitors come and view the animals before the show starts. The children came get their faces painted or even buy a pair of cool clown glasses. Once the person arrives at
Among the many things that individuals enjoy doing with their families, visiting amusement parks is at the top of the list. Sea World is a multi-billion dollar chain of marine animal parks, aquariums, and animal theme parks. (Wikipedia) When people are watching the rehearsed performances that the animals and the trainers do, the animals and the trainers seem to be happy. Witnessing the interaction between the animals and the trainers can remind individuals of the beauty of nature and it serves as entertainment.
Soon he finds that this is the Benzini Brothers Circus train and earns a job cleaning the animals' manure. When the unstable and violent owner of the traveling circus, August, learns that Jacob is a veterinarian, he hires him to train his new main attraction, Rosie the elephant. Jacob soon becomes a part of August's circus family. Both Jacob and Marlena, August’s wife and also the elephant performer, form a bond with Rosie. Jacob and Marlena fell in love through their work together on the act with Rosie, and Marlena had growing contempt for August and his violent ways.
Before there was the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey and their Greatest Show on Earth there was just P.T. Barnum and the Ringling brothers each with their own traveling circus. Barnum’s circus was originally known as P.T. Barnum’s Grand Traveling Museum, Menagerie, Caravan and Circus, which was unveiled as the largest American circus in 1870 and quickly became a hit (Barnum’s Timeline). Then in 1881 Barnum, James Bailey, and James Hutchinson partnered up to create P.T. Barnum’s Greatest Show on Earth & The Great London Circus, which later became Barnum & Bailey’s Greatest Show on Earth in 1888 (P.T. Barnum). Sixteen years after Barnum’s death in 1891, the Ringling brothers bought out their competition, but the two shows continued to tour independently until they were finally combined in 1919 as Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, The Greatest Show on Earth (Bailey and the Ringlings).
Brothers to be the greatest circus on the planet, hence the title of his circus: “The Benzini
Examples of this include the Jim Rose Circus Sideshows. The Jim Rose Sideshows involved daring stunts that commends freakishness for being fascinating and unique. Contemporary forms of freak discourse also include various forms of popular culture, such as the television shows on The Learning Channel and shows focusing on body modifications and
People always tell you settings that they were put in that helped mold them into the person they are today. The story of Jacob Jankowski is no different, and his story has many settings that we today could never even possibly imagine. Not only did his story take place in the separate world of a circus but also in the time of the 1920s which were riddled with depression and crime and many people looked for an escape. For many that's what the circus was, for the viewers and the performers. When we first see him, Jacob jumps the circus train as a young man and by the end of the story you see him step off the train as a man who is strong person who's sure of himself. As the story develops, you see Sara Gruen developing the character of Jacob Jankowski in Water for Elephants through settings such as the old folks home, the different train stops
The novel The Night Circus has a unique set of ideas about love but the setting is what’s most important, the circus is a completely different but an absolute beautiful world. It’s almost as if it’s alive, breathing, a world that is asleep during the day and awake during the night. The circus is a stage for the duel of two magicians, their battle is something like no other and the homely vibe of the circus's atmosphere makes it all the more special.
“Seeing the elephant” is an expression used to describe someone who experiences more than what they desired, at least Wallace Porter did. In a Cathy Day’s book, The Circus in the Winter, she has a compilation of stories from generations of the Great Porter Circus who were all centered in Lima, Indiana. Out of those people, Wallace Porter had a unique story that led him to “see the elephant” after undergoing some tragic events of death from his fellow Union Calvary men, his wife, Irene, and George, the elephant. Clyde Hollenbach offered to sell the circus, Hollenbach’s Menagerie, to Porter after Hollenbach could not afford to maintain the circus anymore due to financial hardships. Porter then knew that he had to buy the circus off of Hollenbach.
“People see what they want to see. And in most cases, what they are told to see” (). What we see and how we perceive varies person to person. Although our imagination is a gift, we often disregard it due to not only our own beliefs, but the beliefs of others. It allows us to think outside the societal box we are so often trapped in by those around us who try to control our ideas. The Night Circus is really more about a matter of perception above all else and focuses on the deepest corners of our imagination. When talking about the setting’s involvement in this story, one has to explore their own imagination and delve into their fears and desires in order to truly understand the circus. The time period
I was offered a ticket for a performance of the Broadway Series at the Fox Theater. The show was, “The Illusionists,” which has run on Broadway for several years and is now touring the country. My initial impression was that this was some kind of a magic show and I was not really very interested in attending. As you will learn from this commentary, I was wrong.
As the first rays of the sun peak over the horizon, penetrating the dark, soft light illuminates the mist rising up from the ground, forming an eerie, almost surreal landscape. The ground sparkles, wet with dew, and while walking from the truck to the barn, my riding boots soak it in. The crickets still chirp, only slower now. They know that daytime fast approaches. Sounds, the soft rustling of hooves, a snort, and from far down the aisle a sharp whinny that begs for breakfast, inform me that the crickets are not the only ones preparing for the day.
The fascination with oddities and curiosities can be traced to as early as the fourteenth-century in Europe. Seen in medieval carnivals, drawing rooms, royal palaces and cabinets of curiosities called Wudnerkammers, in which items were valued and exhibited for their lack of etymology and/or peculiar representations that juxtaposed the body beautiful against the grotesque. One cannot mention the creation of the freak show without also associating it with circus showman and hoax-businessman P.T Barnum (1810-1891) known for creating one of the world’s first circuses Barnum and Bailey. Barnum’s circus featured various acts and performances prominently oriented around the freak show and featured performers such as dwarf General Tom Thumb, microcephaly
The role of the circus is both complex and simple it is in itself a
I sit in my small, blue, straight backed seat and stare across the large dark tent. The tent has large yellow, blue and green stripes that taper up to a large point at the very top of the gigantic circus tent. There is a potent smell of popcorn, people, and circus animals wafting through the large, but enclosed, space. One person is illuminated in a small circle of yellowish light. A young girl, about 17 years old, is standing in the center of the ring, swinging giant hula hoops around her arms, one leg and part of her upper body. She is very graceful and majestic, almost swan like. She is dressed in a short, pale pink dress with pink ribbons wrapped tightly on her ankles and legs. The girl is spinning in circles while moving the hula hoops
How does someone grieve? There is never a right way or a wrong way to grieve because no matter what, grief is painful, messy, and emotionally exhausting. On July 13, 2013, the hit musical-comedy show “Glee” suffered a huge loss due to the untimely death of their lead actor, Cory Monteith. “Glee” paid tribute to the beloved actor’s life and memory by airing a tribute in honor of Cory’s and his character Finn’s memory. The episode contained six musical numbers dedicated to Cory and Finn. Those six numbers were covers of “Seasons of Love” by the cast of “RENT”, “I’ll Stand by You” by The Pretenders, which was also covered by Monteith during the shows first season, “Fire and Rain” by James Taylor, “If I Die Young” by The Band Perry, “No Surrender” by Bruce Springsteen, and lastly “Make You Feel My Love” originally by Bob Dylan, but was a cover of Adele’s version.