Talk:Freaks

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1 Overview
2 Strange Sentence
3 Influences
4 Reaction
5 Deletion of Quote

[edit] Overview

This overview is chronologically wrong. During the wedding party, Cleo first, puts the poison into Hans's cup, then she kisses Hercules in front of Hans, then the chant and "initiation" happens. After that begins she stands up and perturbed at the idea of becoming one of "them" she tosses the wine at the individual who offered it to her, not Hans. Just thought I ought to point that out. Please change the entry accordingly. Bozu 06:49, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Strange Sentence

(actually a man, despite the dress which was for ease of using the restroom, Simon Metz) This sentence, to me, makes it sound as though Simon Metz is the restroom. I can;t work out how to rephrase it, though. Can someone suggest something here? Benny 18:43, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

I think part of the problem was that the paragraph was just one very long sentence. I've broken it down into smaller sentences. I think it's still not quite right, but hopefully better. Maybe you could have another look at it and see what else needs changing - the article itself is fairly short so I don't see a problem with even making the paragraph a bit longer, if that makes it easier to read. Rossrs 00:31, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Influences

The quote "one of us..." was also used in an original song featured in Hedwig and the Angry Inch, directed by John Cameron Mitchell. The song was called "Freaks", written by Stephen Trask and performed by Stephen Trask and Girls Against Boys Bezoomny 21:14, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reaction

Reaction to this film was so intense that Browning had trouble finding work afterwards, and this in effect brought his career to an early close. The movie was banned in the United Kingdom for thirty years.

Can someone expand on this? It's not obvious to me what audiences of the time found so outrageous about the film.

Well, the, you know, freaks. Gorjus 19:13, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion of Quote

Under the (very great) "Famous Quote" section, someone had inserted a quote from Hans the midget. That's not relevant to the section--which is only about the "one of us" quote. Perhaps a new section on "other quotes" is needed, but I don't think so.

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