Product Details

• Format: Black & White, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Shanachie
• VHS Release Date: September 21, 1999
• Run Time: 105 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00001MXWP
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #514,462 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding For Anyone Interested In History Lost, July 27, 2000

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Richard DeMott (Sherman Oaks, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sideshow: Alive on the Inside [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Great documentary on the side show. Compelling and thought provoking. This film is not just for the lovers of the strange and unusal. It's for anyone interested in history that has been lost in popular culture and for people who are not aware of how popular the sideshow really was at the turn of the 19th century. Learn what was in before Jerry Springer and Big Brother!

3.0 out of 5 stars I would have stopped watching., January 22, 2002

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Ellen (Pittsburgh, PA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sideshow: Alive on the Inside [VHS] (VHS Tape)

If I hadn't needed to watch the documentary for a history project, I would have turned it off. I felt that, in an attempt to make the documentary more interesting, objectified the performers. The scenes from modern carnivals and sideshows, especially, were poorly done, very MTV-esque.
On the other hand, the conversations with former sideshow performers are interesting, honest work, as well as valuable historical data.