"Can a full grown woman truly love a midget?"
Director: Tod Browning
Cast: Harry Earles, Olga Baclanova, Daisy Earles, Henry Victor, Wallace Ford
Freaks — Movie Quotes
Memorable Quotes
Gooble-gobble, gooble-gobble. We accept her. One of us, one of us!
Context
Chanted during the wedding banquet as the performers attempt to welcome Cleopatra into their "family."
Meaning
A chant of radical inclusion that is paradoxically heard as a threat by those who consider themselves superior. It defines the central conflict of the film.
Offend one, and you offend them all.
Context
Spoken during the prologue/epilogue to frame the story's morality.
Meaning
Establishes the code of the sideshow, warning the audience of the collective power held by the marginalized.
Most big people don't realize that I'm a man with the same feelings they have.
Context
Hans speaking to Cleopatra early in the film, highlighting his vulnerability.
Meaning
The film's most direct plea for empathy and humanization.
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