Talk:The Greatest Show on Earth (film)

message: Should the article state that this film is very melodramatic largely because of the fact that Jimmy Stewart's character is a doctor running from the law and never removes his makeup because he is trying to remain undetected after the "mercy killing" of his terminally ill wife?  The euthenasia aspect is why the film was and remains quite controversial; its "Best Picture" Oscar was widely seen as voicing Hollywood's support for the euthenasia issue.  Does this belong in the article?
Rlquall 01:33, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree.  I included a "controversies" section to that effect.  And I restored an old edit (reworked a little bit to handle NPOV issues) about the quality of the picture that received a "Best Picture" award.  I think these changes are appropriate, but I'll listen to other points of view... Joe 22:00, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Should this become an article with a spoiler? 

message: I've flagged this as not having sources.  "some critics" is not good enough for wikipedia, lets see some sources here showing the names of these that claim hollywood has a euthaniasia agenda.  Desertsky85450 22:43, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[The_Greatest_Show_on_Earth#Controversial_acts|Controversial acts]] 

message: This article makes the common error of linking the House Un-American Activities Committee with Joseph McCarthy.  HUAC held hearings on communists in Hollywood while McCarthy went after people inside the government.  The distinction is an important one if we are to understand the era.  
There was no reason to appease McCarthy as the article says because McCarthy didn't concern himself with Hollywood.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Manfreedy (talk • contribs) 11:57, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Joseph McCathy Versus HUAC 

message: Just got given a poster for the above act - it says "The Barnum & Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth - a terrific descent of 80 feet through space landing upon his chest on a skid placed at an angle of 50 degrees" which seemed pretty crazy - but looking here it seems like it might well have been a real event, and the chap playing the role of Desperado being the "mad German" Ernest Gadbin - I guess this probably deserves a mention somewhere in this article given that the poster has 'greatest show on earth' in the title? EdwardLane (talk) 19:24, 1 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Just found another mention of the act here not sure if it makes sense to have this here now that this has all moved to the film rather than the ringlin brothers article EdwardLane (talk) 15:16, 1 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Desperado's Terrible leap for life 

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