The Greatest Showman

Avid fans of Hugh Jackman may have seen his 2017 musical titled, ‘The Greatest Showman.” And a simple google search would reveal that the film is a highly sanitized and overly exaggerated version of actual events that took place during the 1800s.

Still, that movie fails to reveal that Phineas Taylor Barnum wasn’t the sympathetic taskmaster we all believe him to be. In reality, his legacy is one of exploitation, and a thousand white lies used to cover up the fact that he exploited people to gain wealth and privilege. One good example was Joice Heth, who Barnum falsely paraded as George Washington’s former nurse.