freak show

noun

a display of people or animals with unusual or grotesque physical features, as at a circus or carnival sideshow.
any ludicrous, bizarre, or dehumanizing occasion, function, performance, etc.; grotesque, circuslike event:
endless interviews and auditions that became a ridiculous freak show.

First recorded in 1885–90

Freak Show, then, by its very name should be his crowning achievement.

Of course, though, this is titled Freak Show, and accordingly there is plenty to marvel at.

American Horror Story: Freak Show, it seems, is a revenge tale.

In other hands, this scenario might have degenerated into a caricature-filled freak show.

And watch the freak show when the president proposes comprehensive immigration reform and moves forward on gun control.

The week before, part of a disbanded freak show had taken refuge in the camp-yard.

"I admit I shouldn't have a look in with him if we were both candidates for a Freak Show," he conceded.

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