Shameless Exploitation or Courageous Attempt ?

Rating: 8/10 (18 June 2014)

Who gains what and Gain gets to whom? The elephant man is a movie about a man back in 1800s lived on this earth as an example of 'different'. The movie is distinguishable and unique. It does feels like a brave attempt to make such a film, congrats to the director who is capable of having information over the elephant man, with amazingly balanced black and white photography, make-up and sets. No doubt it received 8 Oscar nominations.
A heavily deformed figure man living a miserable life is taken care and shown the world of love. The doctor takes the elephant man from his selfish master, gains recognition and provides happy moments to his patient. A lot of human behaviors are crafted in the film. Good and bad, wise and evil, love and fear, compassion and hatred. At the same time it thinks about all the mentioned good things as to be for genuine or for selfish motives? In a way we find the whole movie struggling over an amalgam of intentions, good intention and evil intention. The very concept here now brings about the point, whether the director chose this topic and modified it for his purpose or was there some genuine reason for it.
I can't say it was a 100% authentic, unbiased and unmodified depiction of the man. Even though it may be unethically exploited (i don't know), one can't ignore the question it rises about the society as to what it likes, prefers but needs to have.