Prince Randian, "the living torso" in Tod Browning’s 1932 movie Freaks, was a "non-anthropomorphic" freak.
Ward Hall explains about "building the tip" or gathering together a crowd at a sideshow, and why anthropomorphic is one of his favorite deceptive words.

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