THE FUN IN FRAUD Famed impresario P.T. Barnum banked on one cynical truth: No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people. The undisputed master of the “noble art of humbug,” Barnum grew rich by providing the gullible, sensation-seeking public an inexhaustible series of “Unparalleled Attractions Never Before Seen,” many sheer flimflam, [...]
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:04PM on April 5, 2013