Looking Beyond the Skin

The movie "Freaks" gives a wide view of emotion and actions people may or may not do throughtout their life. I liked how he portraited them outside there physical deformities or disabilities. He makes the viewer look pass their physical straits and look more at the characters of the actors themselves. Which makes you lead to the conclusion that the real freak was Cleopatra. The freaks of the movie loved, hated, cried, laughed, and many others. This is nothing more than what we do our selves. So where is the freak? Most movies the freak is the one who is corrupt and murderous, unkind, deceptive, etc. But couldn't this exist in all of us. Tod I think breaks those boundaries by showing them all doing different every day stuff and going through the same problems we all do. So I think Tod is conveying a message look beyond the skin and find out who they really are. Something so many still have a hard time doing today.