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* The liberties the movie takes with the actual history of P.T. Barnum for a more entertaining story mirrors Barnum's own justification of embellishing the truth in the film. A movie about an entertainer selling people lies is selling people lies.
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* The liberties the movie takes with the actual history of P.T. Barnum for a more entertaining story romanticized retelling mirrors Barnum's own justification of embellishing the truth in the film. A So long as "The joy is real", twisting the truth to make a more entertaining story is justified. So a self-aware movie about an entertainer selling people lies is selling people lies.
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** The movie poster for the film also emphasizes this idea, showing the fantastic circus performance reflected in the large puddle below, while the real circus is empty, showing the performance itself doesn't exist in reality, but is no less spectacular.
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** The Wheelers are talented, but they're not ''world-class'' talented; lots of acrobats could probably do what they do. Barnum wanted to exhibit a performance which he could hype as "the greatest" ''without'' exaggerating.
