You have a movie about an entertainer, who based on his own motto of "the noblest art is that of making others happy", conceivably admits to dazzling his audience by exhibiting 'fraudulent art'. But the point is, dazzle he did. Which is exactly what this P.T. Barnum biopic is: it's about filling your pockets by entertaining others through any means necessary, and achieves what its protagonist did through the most conventional rags-to-riches story arc, with a few magnificently uplifting songs to top it off. Many films aim high and fail; this one aims low and succeeds.
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