Does the freak "disappearing her" really exist?

Recently, the release of the film "She Disappeared" has aroused widespread concern. This suspense crime film, produced and written by Chen Sicheng, directed by Rui Cui and Liu Xiang, starring Zhu Yilong, Nini and Janice Man, starring Du Jiang and starring Huang Ziqi, tells a bizarre disappearance case, in which the victim disappears in a familiar environment, and then the police and the public conduct a search to investigate the reasons for the disappearance. The highlight of the film is to construct a gripping story based on real events, combining suspense, crime, emotion and other elements. Screenwriter Chen Sicheng expressed the hope that through this film, the audience can see the ugliness and beauty of human nature and the true face of society. There is a story in the movie that is "scary", which is a freak show in Southeast Asia. The prototype of her lost true story was adapted from the true story of Thailand, which first happened in Thailand in 1994. A newly married couple went on vacation. When her husband returned to his room, his wife mysteriously disappeared! He looked everywhere, but no one answered the phone. Finally, he had to call the police. However, the police investigated for a long time and failed to find any clues and whereabouts of his wife. The desperate husband began to ask around and look for it, and finally heard that there was a deformity exhibition on display in the local area. He felt very curious and went to see it. Unexpectedly, he found his wife's body inside. She was subjected to inhuman torture, which was terrible.

Similar grotesque shows in The Disappeared She do exist in reality, such as the "grotesque show" popular in Europe and America in the 19th century. However, in today's society ruled by law, the grotesque show that violates human nature and law like movies naturally does not exist.

first of all, what is a freak show?

Abnormal Exhibition is an exhibition with the theme of abnormal phenomena/abnormal creatures, which brings spiritual shock to visitors. The freak show was popular in the United States in the 196s+84s-194s. But sometimes it also includes circus performances and carnivals-though not always. Some of the exhibitions at the Sakazaki exhibition also show some deformed animals (such as two cows, one-eyed pigs, four-cornered sheep, etc.). ) and popular pranks or exhibitions (such as deformed babies) that prove that "there is something wrong with science". ). Michigan, USA, legally prohibits the exhibition of abnormal human behavior except scientific research. However, freak shows still appear from time to time in carnivals, exhibitions, nightclubs and TV talk shows in most States of the United States and other countries.

a freak show in reality.

Since the middle and late 19th century, thanks to the popularization of photography technology and the need of publicity, almost all deformed actors have taken photos, and a large number of photos have been handed down to this day, as well as the stories behind them ...

(1) Elephant Man

Elephant Man's real name is Joseph Merrick (Joseph Carey Merrick? ), born in 1862, British. His body is severely deformed, and there is no accurate conclusion about his illness. Mainly exhibited in Britain, touring in Europe, but never in the United States. The curator of Elephant Man is Tom Norman, a famous freak show manager in Britain. His exhibition mainly relies on his frightening appearance and the accompanying pamphlets about his life.

Elephant Man died at the age of 27. After his death, a doctor who had a lot of communication with him published a book about him. Since then, books, plays and movies about "Elephant Man" have appeared constantly, the most famous of which is the movie of the same name directed by david lynch in 198, so "Elephant Man" has become one of the most famous deformities.

(2) Lionel with lion face

Lionel with lion face (? Lionel the Lion-faced Man), whose real name is Stephen Beebroschi. He is another deformed actor who is famous for his thick hair after Jojo the Dog Face. He has long and dense hair all over his body, which is worse than "Jojo with Dog Face", so he was named "Lion Face" and mainly toured with European circuses.

(3) The Hilton Sisters

After the famous Siamese siamese conjoined person Chang Heying became famous, the conjoined person became an indispensable role in the freak show. The most famous conjoined babies in the 2th century are Daisy and violette Hilton. The Hilton sisters were born in England and received music and dance training since childhood. After becoming famous, they began to tour all over Europe, the United States and even Australia, and finally settled in the United States and participated in many films.

(4) Schlitz

microcephaly with Sechel's syndrome is also a frequent visitor in deformity shows, among which Schlitzie is the most famous. Because of Secer's syndrome, he is short, with a deformed skull and mental retardation. However, his warm personality and excellent acting ability made him very popular, and he also participated in many films, the most famous of which was the 1932 film Freak.

(5) Ancient bird girl

Bird girl's real name is Minnie woolsey, born in 188, short stature, mild mental retardation, baldness and vision problems. Bought by a performance manager from a mental hospital, followed by The famous Lin brothers (the? The circus performed a freak show and participated in the movie "Freak".

Lobster Boy

In the fourth season of American Horror Story, the prototype of lobster hand Jimmy is Grady Steels Jr, a lobster boy. He was born in 1937, and his hands are shaped like lobster tongs because of genetic malformation. When he was born, the freak show almost declined, and he could only participate in small carnival performances. He is famous for his extremely violent personality. He once shot his prospective son-in-law.

In today's society ruled by law, although there are some bizarre show activities in real life, I think that the abnormal show that hurts normal people into bizarre and illegal behaviors in the movie "Disappeared She" should be just a purely fictional event, which has never actually existed. But it has caused us to think about social problems and human nature. There may not be a real "freak show" in real life, but similar problems and phenomena do exist. We should keep an open mind, pay attention to and think about these problems and treat everyone with tolerance and respect. Only in this way can we create a better and more tolerant society.