What’s the first thing you think of when you hear “The Elephant Man”? As I grew up in the eighties, my first response would be Michael Jackson as there were rumours then that he wanted to buy the bones of the elephant man. He even parodied it himself in his “Leave Me Alone” video. As it turns out it is also the name of this movie, which tells the story of John Merrick (John Hurt), a man who had many deformities and for a long time was lived his life as curiosity in a travelling carnival show. Continue reading →