Date 22/12/2017 - News People
Hugh Jackman's new movie, "The Greatest Showman", is a musical about the life of P.T. Barnum. The film is a dazzling visual spectacle. It also ignores that Barnum's fortune came from by exploiting and abusing African Americans. That portrayal is not sitting well with some progressives. In an essay for NBC News, Harriet A. Washington accuses the producers of the movie of whitewashing Barnum's racist and 'privileged' past. Washington would be happy to know that "The Greatest Showman" is getting terrible reviews and is on pace for a spectacular failure at the box office.
