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‘The Greatest Showman’ Is a Spectacular Show But Ignores Some Uncomfortable Truths
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‘The Greatest Showman’ Is a Spectacular Show But Ignores Some Uncomfortable Truths

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Susan Kemp
/ 16 January 2018

With all the glitz and glamor, it's easy to enjoy the ride—so long as you don't catch a whiff of the manure piling up behind the tent.

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/ 3 May 2013
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/ 4 September 2012
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/ 17 April 2009
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