Comparing The Greatest Showman And Real Life Of P. T. Barnum

Phineas Taylor Barnum is one of the most famous showmen in America. He was born July 5, 1810 and died April 7, 1891. During his lifetime, P.T Barnum invented the circus and he was the reason we have the three-ring circles in the circus. The movie The Greatest Showman tries to portray P.T Barnum’s life. There is a lot of similarities and differences between the movie The Greatest Showman and real life on P.T Barnum life. Some similarities are what he did before the circus and who he worked with. Some differences are his beliefs and actions that persuades the audience to view him in a certain way. There are a lot of similarities in how P.T Barnum is portrayed in the movie The Greatest Showman and in real life. One similarity is …show more content…
In the movie and real life, there was a dwarf, a giant, a lady with a beard, different races, and Jenny Lind. In the movie The Greatest Showman, the character James Gordon Bennett said: “Putting folks of all kinds on stage with you, All colors, shapes, sizes; Presenting them as equal; Why another critic might say it's ‘A celebration of humanity’,”. The movie shows what P.T Barnum was able to do things that were viewed very odd. According to the article “The Phineas T. Barnum Freak Show”, “The circus has one of the most diverse workforces in the world, including Asians, Eastern Europeans, Latin Americans,”( The Phineas T. Barnum Freak Show 8). This shows that in both the movie and in real life, P.T Barnum is a reason that there is diversity in the circus. He was one of the first people to include people from different races even though they were viewed as ‘freaks’ by others. Also according to the A&E video on P.T. Barnum and the movie The Greatest Showman, P.T Barnum offered a lot of money to Jenny before he heard her sing. This shows that he is not afraid of taking big risks and that these risks have helped him