The experience of the Bearded Lady in The Greatest Showman is one of resilience in the face of adversity. This is whatLGBT Prideis about — speaking truth to power and staking a place in the world. When you listen to the lyrics, you’ll hear Bearded Lady proclaiming that she’s brave, ...
Annie Jones, The Bearded Lady InThe Greatest Showman, Jackman's Barnum, searching for acts, hears a beautiful singing voice emanating from the window of a warehouse where women are taking in washing. Following the resplendent melody, he stumbles on its origin, a girl with a beard hiding behind...
The Bearded Lady, known as Lettie Lutz in The Greatest Showman, was actually named Annie Jones in real life. Born in Virginia in 1865, Jones began her career at age 1, exhibited in Barnum's museum as "The Infant Esau." After a short but successful stint i...
earning the song a Grammy Award and recognition from leaders. In the film, the song is sung by the band of “freaks” in a Circus who have been locked out of an event with “normal” people. Keala Settle plays “the bearded lady” who powerfully leads the drumming, climactic anthem whi...
Lettie, the bearded lady, leads them in a rousing cry of defiance towards a man who only cares about them when it's convenient, which is a nice moment, sure. But that's still difficult to reconcile with the overall feel-good vibe in which Barnum's enterprises are actually deemed a "...
Rebecca Fergusonfeatures oppositeHugh Jackman,Zac Efron, andMichelle WilliamsinThe Greatest Showman, but of the three, Ferguson is the only one not credited on the film’s official soundtrack. That’s because, asRuPaulmight say, the time had come for the actress to lip sync for her life. ...
“This is Me,” the soundtrack’s breakout song, is a beautifully uplifting tribute to self-acceptance and self-love, as sung byKeala Settle,who plays the bearded lady in the blockbuster hit. Check out the full lyrics to “This Is Me,” which Settle performed at the 90th annual Oscars...
It’s a song sung by the cast of “oddities” Barnum has assembled for his show, led by the Bearded Lady (Keala Settle, wailing away well), announcing their pride and autonomy and worth in the face of the rich swells and bigoted mobs who discount and discredit them. The movie is ...
1800s, who is played by Hugh Jackman, and turns him into a kind master who invented the spirit of modern showbiz. At the same time, the film takes Barnum’s believe-it-or-not attractions — Tom Thumb, Dog Boy, Tattoo Man, the Bearded Lady — and makes them over into sensitive ...
Sung by Keala Settle, who plays the bearded lady inThe Greatest Showman,“This is Me” is a rousing, defiant tale of self-acceptance. “It was really inspired by the group of oddities in the film, and what they came to represent and what [director] Michael [Gracey] talked about them re...