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The Greatest Show on Earth

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Brett Alan Dewing
Oct 19, 2013
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Throughout my viewing of all 85 Best Picture Oscar winners, I have come across films that seem to not deserve the honor.  For instance, it's hard to believe that The Greatest Show on Earth was the best film of 1952 – harder to believe when you realize that was the year of (the non-nominated) Singin' in the Rain!

A lumbering, mawkish beast of a self-impo…

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