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The arduous lifestyle of a traveling tent circus often contradicts the romantic notion of “running away with a circus.” This film documents the daily routines of the small, family-owned Franzen Bros. Circus. While focusing on those aspects of the circus that are not generally accessible to the circus audience, 'Cotton Candy and Elephant Stuff' captures the magic and the routine of circus life.
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00:05Well, I got a philosophy that all of us in this business just have never grown up, we're still living
00:11our childhood fantasy, and we all say, yeah, you know, if people saw the mud that we had to walk
00:16around in, and the elephant stuff, that it isn't all that glamorous, but still it is, a little bit, you
00:24know.
00:31The manure, and the mud, and the dirt, and the rain, and the damn cold weather, and the confusion, and
00:40the being tired, never having enough sleep, that's show business, I guess.
00:46Don't swing a whip all the time, Brian, just stand there if he goes good.
00:50You mistreat.
00:52Now take your bow.
00:53Hey, get up here and take that bow.
00:56There you go.
01:02Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages, Wayne and Kathy Francis proudly welcomes you to the fabulous
01:11Francis Brothers Circus.
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