carny
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The man is rhapsodically shameless—oafishly charismatic, memorably strange-looking—a cynic at heart, and a carny in spirit.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
I’m a carny, and I’ve left the tent.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 20, 2023
Combining old-fashioned practicality with the shameless hustle of a sideshow carny and driven by a narcissistic thirst for attention, Davis, who patented the body armor in the early 1970s, certainly makes for a timely protagonist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2022
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
And his standing with the carny was all he had left.
From Charley de Milo by Janifer, Laurence M.
His principled defense of free speech shouldn’t preclude him from excluding the cranks and carnies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
His follow-up, “Nightmare Alley,” is a bleak tale of carnies, grifters and a dishonest society that creates a far more despairing portrait of the world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2021
It’s the interest in the carnies who make the world go round that makes his work ring true.
From Slate ● Feb. 20, 2020
Not obviously with actors because we're basically shiftless carnies you know.
From Fox News ● Oct. 22, 2019
Far from the concert carnies of Stephansplatz and the kitschy key chains of Mozarthaus Vienna, I was refreshed, sated.
From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2016
