carny

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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

"We have been watched, scrutinized and judged. But as they watched us swim around, we have perfected our stroke! We were like carny people."

From Fox News • Jan. 1, 2022

The story, which takes place in the late 1930s/early 1940s, is one of make-believe; it is set in the carny world where the wonders are, of course, not what they seem.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2021

Everyone in carny life knew of the place.

From Charley de Milo by Janifer, Laurence M.