carny

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Professional wrestling and carny culture can be great fun.

From Salon • Jun. 12, 2025

Director “Baz Luhrmann wanted the carny world to provide an enticing location for Parker to cast his spell.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2023

I’m a carny, and I’ve left the tent.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2023

Did the old carny barker play out a shattering real-life version of “Nightmare Alley,” his favorite movie, where he turned the most successful solo recording artist of all time into the geek?

From New York Times • May 21, 2022

How he just gave up and got a nice little white cottage some place and got a nice little low-paying job and lived unhappily ever after, because a carny isn't a healthy, well-adjusted life?

From Charley de Milo by Janifer, Laurence M.