carny

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Professional wrestling and carny culture can be great fun.

From Salon • Jun. 12, 2025

Director “Baz Luhrmann wanted the carny world to provide an enticing location for Parker to cast his spell.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2023

I’m a carny, and I’ve left the tent.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2023

In Guillermo del Toro’s noir telling of a carny who hustles his way to the big time, the carnival scenes are cast in a color palette that has a somewhat muted vibrancy.

From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2022

Leaving the carny lot, of course, he put on his sandals; outside the carnival, he had to wear shoes.

From Charley de Milo by Janifer, Laurence M.