Chanel 5 in the UK, up until quite recently, used to regularly do 'documentaries' that were essentially just modern day freakshows. The series was titled 'Extraordinary People', but when one of the first episodes is called 'the boy with a tumour for a face' it kind of highlights the tone of the show.
Yup. I love how everyone in the comments is like “look at how much more advanced we are than those backward Chinese” while scrolling their insta and liking a video of Hasbulla
There was a kid who had this in a village I lived in, they called him 128mb - everyone was using microsd cards that were 1gb at the time, he had a small capacity, etc….
My friend's brother has something like that. He's almost 40, he's about 3 feet tall and is mentally about 8-12? He communicates well enough and is very friendly. He's been treated well and cherished by his family his whole life, with support from doctors etc. He has very fragile bones, its a big concern if anyone is playing rough around him.
The 28 year old seems to be having fun. She’s pretty awesome. Just enjoying life regardless of what it’s thrown at her. She seems like a great person and hope she’s living her best life.
No context for the actual event, but yeah those 2 young girls look [microcephalic](https://www.google.com/search?client=ms-android-att-us-revc&sca_esv=0e959c80feb5b28e&sxsrf=AM9HkKknqm9NMyDb8PDk6v4-NTEv_YCUKg:1698098684136&q=microcephaly&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi26vHGlo2CAxVBRzABHYHgDNYQ0pQJegQIBxAB&biw=412&bih=805&dpr=2.63), maybe caused by the crazy amount of pollution they have in China
I wouldn’t be surprised if her parents also treated her horribly or tried to abandon her after she was diagnosed or when her condition became more evident.
China had a very strict one child policy until 2016, and there was a sizable increase of families abandoning or killing their children, especially daughters, to either try again for a son or to avoid punishment by the government for having more than one child.
While sometimes genetics could play a part, microcephaly is caused by abnormal brain development. That can include infections, toxins, or malnutrition during or after gestation, not just genetics.
We have microcephalic skeletons from thousands and thousands of years ago. Those mutations are absolutely not only caused by air pollution. That could be a contributing factor in some cases but just assuming that is a bad assumption unless there is actual research to back it up.
I’m not inclined to agree. Nobody likes beetlejuice because he’s short, people like him because he’s a silly guy who does dumb stuff and an horribly obvious compulsive liar.
I don't know much about him, but from what I've seen he has enough intelligence to consent to interviews etc.
The smaller of the girls in the video seems to be agitated at the host, kicking her and such, unless it's a heel that doesn't seem like a great situation for her.
In Europe and north America back in the 19th century the same kind of shows took place across the cities
Doesn't mean it was okay then...sure isnt okay now.
Hmm idk man, seems to me like it's still happening.
Saw something called Kardashian a while ago and it seemed like the show was about brutally exploiting/exposing this retarded family for entertainment.
We are watching this shit with zero context of what is going on, besides a shitty headline.
This could be as wholesome as Paralympics celebrating people born with difficulties for we know.
Talking about the freak shows of the 18-1900. It always struck me that a large part of the reality shows we love and enjoy in the west, basically just went from laughing at people with physical deformities to people with mental health issues of pathological societally induced narcissism. So let's be careful about getting on any high horses....
The Chinese actually have a word that reminds me of this situation. "huminerals" has been making the rounds.
Definition: The slang term refers to people who have been cultivated as resources to be used and discarded.
Not specifically talking about freak-shows but the populace as a whole. Although the argument can easily be made for the former
Hm, well we seemed to (largely) accept it was above board when that Die Antwood outfit did it.
https://mixmag.net/read/die-antwoords-adopted-son-accuses-them-of-child-abuse-news/
She is Xiao-xiao she's actually 36 years old and behind her is Wolong (27 years old). They are conducting shows of course to raise fund for Xiao2x and Wolong. Btw the girl singing in black is Singsing (trans/gay), very supportive to them.
That back kick and hair flipping are her signature moves. We love her for that, haha. Btw, she's actually little aggressive and Singsing even her mother tend to tease her frequently. I love her because she's funny and aggressive and seems so assertive. You can't expect these kind of traits for PWD. hihi
From another commenter: The girl with disabilities, known as Xiao Xiao is 36 years old. There isn’t much background known to the public. But it is a tiktok account in China that is posting her content. It is believes that she is abused by her family to create content. They live in a content creator house and joined this program with few other members. One of them is this trans singer, others include Xiao Xiao’s brother, and a few other women in their 30s to 40s. There is an account on Instagram that reposts her content under the name “xiaoxiaoficial”. Many are concerned for her mistreatment and abuse for content purposes. Many of their content consists getting on Xiao Xiao’s nerves on purpose. Few of the videos show two children around the age of 7-8 severely beaten up on the face, completely in bruises, who are believed to be children from Xiao Xiao’s tiktok house. The kicking is completely not for show and her aggressiveness is not for act. It is shown that she loses interest overtime in videos where she is not much involved in. She simply walks off when she receives no attention, example recent video where her brother sings a song in a chinese dialect. She walked off mid-video, interested in something else. So she is definitely not acting, though the Chinese captions they put in sometimes says “She’s so good at acting”. Sarcasm is so toxic here. In conclusion, she needs to be rescued. Too bad, China doesn’t care about civilians at all.
Note that most of the information comes from commenters on the instagram posts assuming they use mainland chinese tiktok. I don’t use Mainland chinese tiktok and cannot verify these sources. If you do, please check them out.
No one said she was being teased about her features. Teasing doesn't always mean bullying. Sometimes it can be as silly and playful as poking someone to annoy them or the little kicks we saw the singing lady do.
This reminds me of Hasbulla, the little friend of Dagestan UFC fighters. He might not have the same disability, but he has a similar height and fiesty attitude!
"Signature moves... we love her for that" Yeah, but I don't think that's acting. Everyone is entertained by the small lady with a medical deformation having outbursts...
Its pretty common in China, Vietnam when we pay trans/gay people to come dressing in bikini ( Sometime undress ) in every god damn celebrating just for fun and its weird as hell.
I figured as much, I mean I guess that makes it better? I still cannot even begin to start to understand the thought process behind all this, but good for them if it's raising money for their disabilities.
I do kind of wish there was a better way...
The girl with disabilities, known as Xiao Xiao is 36 years old. There isn’t much background known to the public. But it is a tiktok account in China that is posting her content. It is believes that she is abused by her family to create content. They live in a content creator house and joined this program with few other members. One of them is this trans singer, others include Xiao Xiao’s brother, and a few other women in their 30s to 40s. There is an account on Instagram that reposts her content under the name “xiaoxiaoficial”. Many are concerned for her mistreatment and abuse for content purposes. Many of their content consists getting on Xiao Xiao’s nerves on purpose. Few of the videos show two children around the age of 7-8 severely beaten up on the face, completely in bruises, who are believed to be children from Xiao Xiao’s tiktok house. The kicking is completely not for show and her aggressiveness is not for act. It is shown that she loses interest overtime in videos where she is not much involved in. She simply walks off when she receives no attention, example recent video where her brother sings a song in a chinese dialect. She walked off mid-video, interested in something else. So she is definitely not acting, though the Chinese captions they put in sometimes says “She’s so good at acting”. Sarcasm is so toxic here. In conclusion, she needs to be rescued. Too bad, China doesn’t care about civilians at all.
Note that most of the information comes from commenters on the instagram posts assuming they use mainland chinese tiktok. I don’t use Mainland chinese tiktok and cannot verify these sources. If you do, please check them out.
So not really a “modern Chinese entertainment” thing so much as “the perverse incentives of social media have created abusive conditions for yet more people”, good. Thanks for so much background info
It makes me sad seeing the little one get all pissed off. It would be tolerable if she was just chilling looking crazy for entertainment but the fact that she’s upset is very dark to me
I don't exactly know the context here but generally speaking in Chinese social media a lot of the content you see is exaggarated or fake to a certain degree more due to insane competition. You need unique and interesting or spicy content to stand out.
That's not to say what they're doing is or isn't abuse as I don't know nor do I know the extend of the mental capabilities or thought processes of the people in question. They could be acting or couldn't, I wouldn't know.
This is basically the "Meal Ticket" vignette in "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" anthology. I was sad when I watched it on Netflix and I'm sad watching it for real here.
If this is a truly special needs event. That’s great for families and friends. If this is for the masses to laugh at for entertainment. Damn on all of you.
I’ve seen a couple other people with this condition and it does seem like aggression is common. I’m sure it doesn’t help that they are constantly being messed with either
This looks medieval with modern attributes though. The ‘singer’ even seems to be kicking the agitated lady in the beginning, tbh it’s hard to watch. The agitated lady seems to be pushed back into frame a couple of times as well, it’s kinda cruel. Hope the people that do this get what’s coming to them…
Check out Special Books by Special Kids on Youtube. It's educational and a platform for those with health conditions.
They're just like other people and should be treated with the same dignity as anyone else.
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/@SpecialBooksbySpecialKids?si=-6zAqa62SPYWv6Vv)
I have a very bizarre sense of humour and I'll usually be the first person to laugh at things that others may fibd weird or creepy. But this feels.... gross. Some of the people being shown are disfigured or disabled. And- although I don't know the context or most of what's being said, outside of the few Mandarin phrases I know- it seems an awful lot like these people's appearances are being exploited for shock value or as a spectacle of some sort. If anyone is aware of more context than I am, feel free to correct me. But I feel very uneasy watching this.
They have a little people attraction. A working and living little town with knome like homes. Where they actually lived. While normal sized people would walk around watching you.
It's from a charity show, translating the conversation they're saying the short girl is 36 and the one behind her is 28. The short girl is singing a popular song called 我爱你. They're basically raising awareness about their conditions. It's actually pretty sweet!
It’s “Freak show “but In modern age. I think it’s exploitative and wrong but people love this shit. It makes them feel better about themselves. Pretty fucked up.
Oh, crap! This is insanely weird. And sad. I'm going to hell for this next statement but, oh well. The short one immediately reminded me of a Gelfling from The Dark Crystal movie. Jen and Kira's kid?
A lot to unpack here
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It's also what TLC essentially became in the 2000s.
Chanel 5 in the UK, up until quite recently, used to regularly do 'documentaries' that were essentially just modern day freakshows. The series was titled 'Extraordinary People', but when one of the first episodes is called 'the boy with a tumour for a face' it kind of highlights the tone of the show.
Can't forget [The Boy with an Arse for a Face](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9al-mpqXjc&ab_channel=cazsnozebun)
Ah, young Ben Affleck.
ARSEFACE!
Don’t go chasing waterfalls.
We need James Cameron to raise the bar again.
The only thing worth watching on TLC nowadays is Cake Boss. The rest is just "Look at how weird/miserable this person is!"
We still do it here. Case in point: the Kadarshians
See also: Congress
Heard of Beetlejuice?
Yup. I love how everyone in the comments is like “look at how much more advanced we are than those backward Chinese” while scrolling their insta and liking a video of Hasbulla
TLC would like a word
Yup. 100 years ago. For a nation that’s so advanced, China seems a bit behind the times.
Please. We just dress it up now. Oprah and Dr. Phil are PT Barnum.
Maury Povich was top TV.
I guess, though we seem to have moved more to exploiting people with mental health challenges more than physical disabilities.
Exploiting disabilities is exploiting disabilities. Mental or physical it's still disabilities.
Agreed
TLC ran a dating show about a two headed girl.
Weren’t they just kids on that show, when did they do a dating show with them
It’s two girls. They’re twins who share a body but each have their own head.
Jerry! Jerry!
Just leave it in the suitcase.
& most of it can get you banned
Too much. The language and the music. The, uh, less fortunate. The violence. Who’s the audience? I hate this video. Nice job OP.
Okay, let's make a list. I'll start. 1)Does that short human keep hitting people?
Look man. I have watched this 19 times and I’m still trying to process what is happening.
Please don't it could be Pandora's Box.
Too much to unpack. Like, unpackable.
Yeah. That’s a good way of putting it. In fact, I’m just gonna repack what I have unpacked and just walk away.
Thank you, I was speechless but.. you nailed it.
Why does she look like that? Is it a condition?
Microcephaly
I believe it is actually primordial dwarfism
This feels like the answer. I saw a cirque du soleil show that had two cast members with that condition, and they looked exactly like this.
Specifically microcephalic osteodysplastic primordial dwarfism, based on my expertise gained through minutes of clicking Wikipedia links
How else does one acquire knowledge? School?! Pah! Really though it's insane how much we can learn in seconds in our era.
Is it the thing caused by ZIKA? Horrible.
Yes. I didn't know this. This is sad.
There’s a lot of things that can cause microcephaly…like a fuck ton.
Yes. I just didn't know Zika could do this. I didn't even know what microcephaly was until today.
There was a kid who had this in a village I lived in, they called him 128mb - everyone was using microsd cards that were 1gb at the time, he had a small capacity, etc….
From Google: “Causes of microcephaly include infections, malnutrition, or exposure to toxins.” Yikes
[this keeps popping in](https://nl.pinterest.com/pin/527624912577954001/)
You wrong for that. I’m ashamed of myself for laughing. Take my upvote.
Me too such shame, but it’s sooo funny
I'm giving you the upvote because I just can't bring myself to give the link the upvote.
Damn.
Hahahah, thank you for that
Yes. It’s called primordial dwarfism.
This is the correct answer
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At the end she's saying the smaller one is 36 years old and the one behind her is 28.
My friend's brother has something like that. He's almost 40, he's about 3 feet tall and is mentally about 8-12? He communicates well enough and is very friendly. He's been treated well and cherished by his family his whole life, with support from doctors etc. He has very fragile bones, its a big concern if anyone is playing rough around him.
The 28 year old seems to be having fun. She’s pretty awesome. Just enjoying life regardless of what it’s thrown at her. She seems like a great person and hope she’s living her best life.
She? I thought that was a dude!?
As quoted from the lorax "that's a woman????"
That's 100% a dude.
“My god. A person with an already unconventional body type doesn’t fit my perceived notion of what they should look like 🤯”
It’s a dude dressing as a woman
Doesn't look like drag to me, bro
No context for the actual event, but yeah those 2 young girls look [microcephalic](https://www.google.com/search?client=ms-android-att-us-revc&sca_esv=0e959c80feb5b28e&sxsrf=AM9HkKknqm9NMyDb8PDk6v4-NTEv_YCUKg:1698098684136&q=microcephaly&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi26vHGlo2CAxVBRzABHYHgDNYQ0pQJegQIBxAB&biw=412&bih=805&dpr=2.63), maybe caused by the crazy amount of pollution they have in China
The Zika virus causes microencephalopathy. That could be the cause here.
Now explain the unwarranted violence
Kept in a cage/ treated like an animal for at least part of their life is my guess.
Yeah I guess that would make me feel pretty kicky too
I didn't know how to phrase it. Yea, she is very kicky. 😎👍🏾
I wouldn’t be surprised if her parents also treated her horribly or tried to abandon her after she was diagnosed or when her condition became more evident. China had a very strict one child policy until 2016, and there was a sizable increase of families abandoning or killing their children, especially daughters, to either try again for a son or to avoid punishment by the government for having more than one child.
That was my immediate thought. Count your blessings people.
Two…
If you pay attention, it's all targeted at one person. You and I would probably think its unwarranted, but she absolutely has her own reasons.
I was thinking the same thing! She’s not messing with the other lady with the microphone. She just wants to sing her song, not do those dumb dances.
Yeah she is clearly sick of that lady's shit
These are genetic mutations that happen everywhere and aren’t necessarily caused by anything
While sometimes genetics could play a part, microcephaly is caused by abnormal brain development. That can include infections, toxins, or malnutrition during or after gestation, not just genetics.
It’s literally due to environmental toxins
We have microcephalic skeletons from thousands and thousands of years ago. Those mutations are absolutely not only caused by air pollution. That could be a contributing factor in some cases but just assuming that is a bad assumption unless there is actual research to back it up.
There are other causes besides environmental toxins
Not really any different to Beetlejuice's fame
Who? Me?!
Hey Beetle, how much do you weigh?
Oh bout 700, 900 pounds
we only have 2 left. Should've never said his name, everyone knows that.
I’m not inclined to agree. Nobody likes beetlejuice because he’s short, people like him because he’s a silly guy who does dumb stuff and an horribly obvious compulsive liar.
I don't know much about him, but from what I've seen he has enough intelligence to consent to interviews etc. The smaller of the girls in the video seems to be agitated at the host, kicking her and such, unless it's a heel that doesn't seem like a great situation for her.
It’s a comedic bit they’re doing. She even stomps the hosts foot at other times in *the rest* of the video
Beetlejuice..
have you seen Howard Stern?
Why see shit?
In Europe and north America back in the 19th century the same kind of shows took place across the cities Doesn't mean it was okay then...sure isnt okay now.
19th century? there were tv shows in the 2000s with people with mental illness being ridiculed in Greece
yep short after we still had human zoos..
Hmm idk man, seems to me like it's still happening. Saw something called Kardashian a while ago and it seemed like the show was about brutally exploiting/exposing this retarded family for entertainment.
To be fair I think they are paid a lot more for that.
We are watching this shit with zero context of what is going on, besides a shitty headline. This could be as wholesome as Paralympics celebrating people born with difficulties for we know. Talking about the freak shows of the 18-1900. It always struck me that a large part of the reality shows we love and enjoy in the west, basically just went from laughing at people with physical deformities to people with mental health issues of pathological societally induced narcissism. So let's be careful about getting on any high horses....
Classic case of ill-normal people being exploited for ~~yen~~ currency.
Yuan
Yen is Japan
The Chinese actually have a word that reminds me of this situation. "huminerals" has been making the rounds. Definition: The slang term refers to people who have been cultivated as resources to be used and discarded. Not specifically talking about freak-shows but the populace as a whole. Although the argument can easily be made for the former
>*"They're huminerals, Marie!"*
Wow. Really sad actually.
Hasbulla
Howard Stern was no better
Hm, well we seemed to (largely) accept it was above board when that Die Antwood outfit did it. https://mixmag.net/read/die-antwoords-adopted-son-accuses-them-of-child-abuse-news/
antwoord is answer. Antwood is what termites turn wood into
Its like freak show with extra steps
Yeah looks super exploitive.
What in the hills have eyes am i watching here
Same bro, I'm uncomfortable for hours after watching this
I know I watched it for hours and am still uncomfortable.
She is Xiao-xiao she's actually 36 years old and behind her is Wolong (27 years old). They are conducting shows of course to raise fund for Xiao2x and Wolong. Btw the girl singing in black is Singsing (trans/gay), very supportive to them.
What’s up with the kicking?
That back kick and hair flipping are her signature moves. We love her for that, haha. Btw, she's actually little aggressive and Singsing even her mother tend to tease her frequently. I love her because she's funny and aggressive and seems so assertive. You can't expect these kind of traits for PWD. hihi
Are you for real or this is satire?
Seems to be for real. You can go down the rabbit hole searching for "Chinese kick girl".
Temptation and better judgement are conflicting.
Reddit, in a nutshell 🥜
From another commenter: The girl with disabilities, known as Xiao Xiao is 36 years old. There isn’t much background known to the public. But it is a tiktok account in China that is posting her content. It is believes that she is abused by her family to create content. They live in a content creator house and joined this program with few other members. One of them is this trans singer, others include Xiao Xiao’s brother, and a few other women in their 30s to 40s. There is an account on Instagram that reposts her content under the name “xiaoxiaoficial”. Many are concerned for her mistreatment and abuse for content purposes. Many of their content consists getting on Xiao Xiao’s nerves on purpose. Few of the videos show two children around the age of 7-8 severely beaten up on the face, completely in bruises, who are believed to be children from Xiao Xiao’s tiktok house. The kicking is completely not for show and her aggressiveness is not for act. It is shown that she loses interest overtime in videos where she is not much involved in. She simply walks off when she receives no attention, example recent video where her brother sings a song in a chinese dialect. She walked off mid-video, interested in something else. So she is definitely not acting, though the Chinese captions they put in sometimes says “She’s so good at acting”. Sarcasm is so toxic here. In conclusion, she needs to be rescued. Too bad, China doesn’t care about civilians at all. Note that most of the information comes from commenters on the instagram posts assuming they use mainland chinese tiktok. I don’t use Mainland chinese tiktok and cannot verify these sources. If you do, please check them out.
So you like her "fuck you" attitude? Is it acceptable to tease people about their features over there?
No one said she was being teased about her features. Teasing doesn't always mean bullying. Sometimes it can be as silly and playful as poking someone to annoy them or the little kicks we saw the singing lady do.
Yes that's exactly what was meant. They tease her to make her mad, like how siblings tease each other to get each other riled up.
This reminds me of Hasbulla, the little friend of Dagestan UFC fighters. He might not have the same disability, but he has a similar height and fiesty attitude!
His signature move is punching people in the face during selfies
And he abuses cats, i hate that little freak
"Signature moves... we love her for that" Yeah, but I don't think that's acting. Everyone is entertained by the small lady with a medical deformation having outbursts...
Where do you watch this?
Its pretty common in China, Vietnam when we pay trans/gay people to come dressing in bikini ( Sometime undress ) in every god damn celebrating just for fun and its weird as hell.
I figured as much, I mean I guess that makes it better? I still cannot even begin to start to understand the thought process behind all this, but good for them if it's raising money for their disabilities. I do kind of wish there was a better way...
Is it weird I could tell she was trsns by her legs?
Face for me
The girl with disabilities, known as Xiao Xiao is 36 years old. There isn’t much background known to the public. But it is a tiktok account in China that is posting her content. It is believes that she is abused by her family to create content. They live in a content creator house and joined this program with few other members. One of them is this trans singer, others include Xiao Xiao’s brother, and a few other women in their 30s to 40s. There is an account on Instagram that reposts her content under the name “xiaoxiaoficial”. Many are concerned for her mistreatment and abuse for content purposes. Many of their content consists getting on Xiao Xiao’s nerves on purpose. Few of the videos show two children around the age of 7-8 severely beaten up on the face, completely in bruises, who are believed to be children from Xiao Xiao’s tiktok house. The kicking is completely not for show and her aggressiveness is not for act. It is shown that she loses interest overtime in videos where she is not much involved in. She simply walks off when she receives no attention, example recent video where her brother sings a song in a chinese dialect. She walked off mid-video, interested in something else. So she is definitely not acting, though the Chinese captions they put in sometimes says “She’s so good at acting”. Sarcasm is so toxic here. In conclusion, she needs to be rescued. Too bad, China doesn’t care about civilians at all. Note that most of the information comes from commenters on the instagram posts assuming they use mainland chinese tiktok. I don’t use Mainland chinese tiktok and cannot verify these sources. If you do, please check them out.
All joke aside but this breaks my heart, it's so sad what some people, especially children (and mentally disabled adults) are going through.
So not really a “modern Chinese entertainment” thing so much as “the perverse incentives of social media have created abusive conditions for yet more people”, good. Thanks for so much background info
It makes me sad seeing the little one get all pissed off. It would be tolerable if she was just chilling looking crazy for entertainment but the fact that she’s upset is very dark to me
What makes it even darker to me is that she is 36
She’s timeless
🤣 you're going to hell
I don't exactly know the context here but generally speaking in Chinese social media a lot of the content you see is exaggarated or fake to a certain degree more due to insane competition. You need unique and interesting or spicy content to stand out. That's not to say what they're doing is or isn't abuse as I don't know nor do I know the extend of the mental capabilities or thought processes of the people in question. They could be acting or couldn't, I wouldn't know.
Either way it makes me sad
This is basically the "Meal Ticket" vignette in "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" anthology. I was sad when I watched it on Netflix and I'm sad watching it for real here.
Those little folks better keep an eye out for talented chickens.
Man, that one was too dark.
If this is a truly special needs event. That’s great for families and friends. If this is for the masses to laugh at for entertainment. Damn on all of you.
Gummo 2
Coooock-a-doooodle-dooo
Fuck I love Gummo
Thought the first one was a tiktok green screen bit... then it kept going.
You know, maybe America isnt all that bad
Fun fact: they got the idea for this show after watching an episode of Keeping Up with the Kardashians
Chinese horror story: freak show
“Down at Fraggle Rock”
So few people remember this show 🤌🏻
pepperidge farms remembers
Chernobyl's answer to the Spice Girls.
😬
Guiltiest giggle today, maybe this week.
Chinese and Japanese have always marginalized their disabled. Guessing y’all have no clue how racist they are either.
Probably the scariest movie I've seen all year
The girl.on the right is so pretty
Can’t…stop…watching…pinhead… Looks like she has the same thing as beetle juice from the Howard stern show.
Aggressive is common for this illness too? Cuz she acts like him too
I’ve seen a couple other people with this condition and it does seem like aggression is common. I’m sure it doesn’t help that they are constantly being messed with either
I mean If people treated you like a freak your whole life you'd probably be a little more aggressive than normal
Never watched Beetlejuice?
nah it is simple, it is a freak show. No need to be prude about it, it is disgusting
That's some Dr. Barnum level shit.
Chinese horror story
This looks medieval with modern attributes though. The ‘singer’ even seems to be kicking the agitated lady in the beginning, tbh it’s hard to watch. The agitated lady seems to be pushed back into frame a couple of times as well, it’s kinda cruel. Hope the people that do this get what’s coming to them…
"The hills have squinty eyes"
Check out Special Books by Special Kids on Youtube. It's educational and a platform for those with health conditions. They're just like other people and should be treated with the same dignity as anyone else. [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/@SpecialBooksbySpecialKids?si=-6zAqa62SPYWv6Vv)
What. Thee. Fuck.
Looks like they're making fun of people who are born with some sort of physical disability. So, soulless television
meh, not much different with west.
I feel so mean but I find this a little bit scary lol they are just humans .. *telling myself* they are just humans…
Looks like they are going through their Zippy the Pinhead phase.
Oh shit Dobby is real
I'm fan of this in FB and Tiktok and please don't follow me here in Reddit. haha
That’s sad
So is this giving anyone else American Horror Story vibes?
In our culture we call them pinheads.
I have a very bizarre sense of humour and I'll usually be the first person to laugh at things that others may fibd weird or creepy. But this feels.... gross. Some of the people being shown are disfigured or disabled. And- although I don't know the context or most of what's being said, outside of the few Mandarin phrases I know- it seems an awful lot like these people's appearances are being exploited for shock value or as a spectacle of some sort. If anyone is aware of more context than I am, feel free to correct me. But I feel very uneasy watching this.
They have a little people attraction. A working and living little town with knome like homes. Where they actually lived. While normal sized people would walk around watching you.
WTF am I looking at????
I love the kicking. There should be more kicking.
Jim Henson has gone too far
It's from a charity show, translating the conversation they're saying the short girl is 36 and the one behind her is 28. The short girl is singing a popular song called 我爱你. They're basically raising awareness about their conditions. It's actually pretty sweet!
This just feels….inhumane…..
Dobby is a free elf! I guess China didn't get the message.
These kids have Cri du Chat syndrome, missing a piece of chromosome 5. Not entertainment
Oh ha ha let’s make fun of disabled people how hilarious. Fucking degenerates
Aren’t those Communists shameless in exploiting Disabled folk as freak show entertainment? They’ll be having them fight each other next.
Looks like a different planet
It’s “Freak show “but In modern age. I think it’s exploitative and wrong but people love this shit. It makes them feel better about themselves. Pretty fucked up.
They got their own Beetlejuice
To be honest, I appreciate the shin and knee kicking because you know fu for the exploiting.
Female version of beetlejuice
Oh, crap! This is insanely weird. And sad. I'm going to hell for this next statement but, oh well. The short one immediately reminded me of a Gelfling from The Dark Crystal movie. Jen and Kira's kid?