INTRODUCTION
“Story” is a powerful word, a good story can make you cry, laugh and fall in love. In a good story the nights are covered with magic, and the endless days are full of adventures, quests and desires. Boundless limits are the borders of countless stories that have influenced us, stories that have taught us the values of honor, freedom and mercy. Without good stories our life would be tasteless and our world gray.
Millions of stories have always been an important source of inspiration for humanity and us. Human beings often learn values through example, to learn what faithfulness is we need to see an example of it, and so with other core virtues that we have, or we want to have.
A good story can unify all sorts of different subjects, problems, ideas and world views.
I chose to write this capstone about “The Greatest Showman” because I see that this movie unifies the studies of humanities that I have been doing in this college. Whether we think of art, music or literature we find examples of these subjects being applied in the movie.
This movie fits together different arts, such as pictures, music, dancing, color theory, etc. And everything is being pulled together by a deep and universal story.
When I started to study humanities, I was trying to work out a method to unify all my subjects, and while I was thinking about this, the idea of unifying all my studies under the glasses of “storytelling” popped into my mind.
I discovered that most of the subjects have “storytelling” in their core.
Art is a good example of this theory. Lots of feelings and emotions are contained in the colors on the canvas, these colors whisper stories, that only those who look careful enough can listen to.
The artwork tells stories, stories that are powerful enough to relate with our own situation, their stories speak to us!
A painting not only involves the subject of art, but also philosophy, history, biology and more.
The story behind and artwork can unify all these subjects because that is precisely what a story does, fits things and facts together. The canvases are filled with stories and so the world is filled with stories and stories to tell.
The essence of The Humanities
“There’s a house we can build / every room inside is filled with things from far away. The special things I compile each one there to make you smile on a rainy day / they can say, they can say it all sounds crazy / they can say, they can say we’ve lost our minds / I don’t care; I don’t care if they call us crazy / runaway to a world that we design.
Every night I lie in bed / the brightest colors fill my head / a million dreams are keeping me awake / I think of what the world could be / a vision of the one I see / a million dreams is all it’s gonna take / Oh, a million dreams for the world we’re gonna make[1]”
“A million dreams” could be a good image to explain humanistic studies. Because what could the humanities be if not a dream in the brought sense of the word, and ideal, a desire, a longing. A dream that has been expressed for thousands of years and will continue to be expressed while humans exist on earth.
If we think of the most influential ideas in art, music and literature we find that these ideas were born as dreams, dreams to express oneself, dreams to transcend, dreams to make the world a better place.
People are not eager to learn humanities nowadays, but that is because they don’t know what humanities are and how much the world needs them.
In a world that is ruled by dreams and ideas, the study of humanities offers tools to confront modern society.
“Quasi Una Fantasia” or better known as “Moonlight sonata” was composed by Beethoven in 1802, this work is an example of how a dream permeates the person and as a result art bloom as a flower, filling the room with its soft and pleasant fragrance to captivate even the most insensible hearts. Music experts say about this piece “it is one of those poems that human language does not know how to qualify”[2] We could add, it is so perfect, so irreal, that it seems like a “dream”
If the humanities are like a dream, what is that dream expressing?
Is it not true that through art, music, literature we can see stories of self-discovery, redemption dreams, and journeys to find true and deep values?
The humanities are a dream of love and disappointment. Dreams reveal what is in the heart, for a dream people are willing to make sacrifices, people find a reason to live and people find a reason to die. “A million dreams is all it’s gonna take”.
In the literature world there are thousands of examples to look at how there is a search for satisfying our dreams written inside of men’s heart. One of these examples is recorded in a small but sharp and influential book, written in London in 1891. This book has been a source of controversy and scholar conversations among literature lovers. Of course, we cannot expect something less of Oscar Wilde’s masterpiece “The Picture of Dorian Gray”
Wilde shows in his story the character of Dorian Gray, a young man that is in a journey to discover himself, the world and the society; in other words, he is in a search to fulfill his deepest dreams. In this story, honor, courage, misery, and sin teach us that if a person loses its heart, if they let their life darken and their soul perish, nothing in the world will be able to fill that void again, not money, nor fame, nor beauty, and least of all, youth. We will see that same situation in The Greatest Showman.
When we lose our dreams, which give meaning to our life, the darkness is complete and consumes us from within, causing our greatest work of art, that is our own person, to be ruined and lose its beauty.
Dreams are a source of inspiration; we find a good example in the famous music composer Hans Zimmer who says “My formal training was two weeks of piano lessons. I was thrown out of eight schools. But I joined a band. I am self-taught. But I’ve always heard music in my head. And I’m a child of the 20th century; computers came in very handy[3].”
Hans Zimmer had a dream, his dream was to be a musician, and though he was not good at music school, he was talented. He had a dream and pursued it until he became the great composer that he is now.
So, the humanities, like a dream, give hope and meaning to life; they are a source of inspiration and permeate the person in their entirety.
A dream is not always real, just as the humanities are not always realistic, but we must understand that often the magic lies in what we cannot see or touch but exists within us. How many times must Thomas Edison have dreamed of building a device that captured the light of the stars in the sky? How impossible must that dream have seemed at first? Surely, people labeled him as an idealist, told him to start living in a more real world, to focus on the concerns of daily life. But his futurism, his dreams, the impossible and unreal, became possible, and another miracle occurred on Earth.
The drive people can have when they hold a dream usually culminates in the creation of something that, for a long time, was just an idea in a heart. What a great mystery—how is it possible that we have the power to create with our dreams?
Lastly, the humanities and dreams share the quality of not being confined to a specific time (timeless). The value of the humanities does not fade; no matter how old the Iliad is, we can always reread it and uncover new, profound insights. The Greek tragedies, written for the Greeks, speak with a powerful voice to our modern societies, and Leonardo da Vinci’s paintings continue to spark curiosity and inspire admiration in their viewers.
The humanities have no beginning or end; rather, they are so deeply rooted in the hearts of people that they are precisely one of the distinctive and inherent aspects of being human. The humanities are what make humanity human.
Dreams have filled the world with masterpieces of art, literature, and music. Our task as humanists is to seek out the legacy of so many individuals and learn from it.
“There’s a house we can build every room inside is filled with things from far away. The special things I compile each one there to make you smile on a rainy day”.
But above all, our mission is to never stop dreaming.
“Every night I lie in bed, the brightest colors fill my head, a million dreams are keeping me awake. I think of what the world could be, a vision of the one I see a million dreams is all it’s gonna take; oh, a million dreams for the world we’re gonna make”.
The essence of The Greatest Showman
“Ladies and gents, this is the moment you’ve waited for / been searching in the dark, your sweat soaking through the floor / and buried in your bones, there’s an ache that you can’t ignore / takin’ your breath, stealing your mind, and all that was real is left behind / Don’t fight it, it’s coming’ for you, running’ at ya / It’s only this moment, don’t care what comes after / your fever dream can’t you see it getting closer? / Just surrender cause you feel the feeling taking over / It’s fire, it’s freedom, it’s floodin’ open / It’s a preacher in the pulpit and your blind devotion / There’s something breaking at the brick of every wall / it’s holding all that you know / So tell me, do you wanna go? / Where it’s covered in all the colored lights / Where the runaways are runnin’ the night / Impossible comes true, it’s takin’ over you / Oh, this is the greatest show / We light it up, we won’t come down / And the sun can’t stop us now / Watching it come true / it’s takin’ over you / Oh, this is the greatest show / It’s everything you ever want / It’s everything you ever need / And it’s here right in front of you / This is where you wanna be”[4].
If the humanities are like a dream, we should be able to discover what the dream is that drives our main character in The Greatest Showman.
In this film, we are told the story of P.T. Barnum, a man determined to transcend. Throughout the movie, we see how this character develops, going from being an extremely poor person to becoming an influential, wealthy individual full of vision. The only problem is that, due to his ambition and pursuit of recognition, he forgets to love and care for the people who truly matter, to the point of sacrificing everything to gain more fame. This will lead him to lose everything he has—his family, money, and job. But in the end, the story shows us the redemption of our main character, who discovers his true worth and dignity, allowing him to recover his family and, over time, everything else he had lost.
“The Greatest Show” is the title of the film’s main song. This song reveals many things; it could be said to be the guiding thread of the movie. The song shows us what the main character wants and helps us understand the decisions P.T. Barnum made. But above all, since we are talking about the humanities—that is, what is inherent to the human heart—this song also speaks powerfully to us. This is the true greatness of The Greatest Showman: its ability to speak to the heart.
“This is the moment you’ve waited for” At the beginning of the song, we are told that something is about to happen, a moment we’ve been waiting for, there’s a longing in our hearts, and we’re on the verge of seeing it fulfilled—the wait is finally over.
The next part of the song builds tension; the show is taking control, and it feels as though our bodies stop responding, leaving us with no choice but to sink into a sea of colors and surrender to the impact of the spectacle. “There’s an ache that you can’t ignore, taking your breath, stealing your mind, and all that was real is left behind”—this line explains how reality fades away and emotions intensify as that which we’ve longed for appears before us. “Just surrender ‘cause you feel the feeling taking over, it’s fire, it’s freedom, it’s flooding open.”
“So tell me, do you wanna go? Where it’s covered in all the colored lights, where the runaways are running the night. Impossible comes true, it’s taking over you. Oh, this is the greatest show.”
The image of a perfect world, an idealistic world, may not be exactly what we want, but it certainly embellishes our desires. For those who have seen this movie, the next scene will feel familiar:
While P.T. Barnum sings… “It’s everything you ever want, It’s everything you ever need, And it’s here right in front of you, This is where you wanna be” The world around him is made up of people watching the show, smiling, cheering, laughing, and applauding, while he stands at the center of it all, being himself… but the scene begins to fade, and Barnum is gradually left alone. “It’s everything you ever want, It’s everything you ever need, And it’s here right in front of you, This is where you wanna be” he continues singing, each time slower and more insecure until the scene in the movie shifts to a child (a young Barnum) who is gazing longingly at a store shelf displaying a very beautiful and elegant suit. Our main character is extremely poor, a fact we can confirm when the boy lowers his gaze, no longer looking at the elegant suit, and instead focuses on a pair of dirty, worn-out shoes that match his tattered clothing. In the background, the music continues to play… “It’s everything you ever want, It’s everything you ever need, And it’s here right in front of you”
A very beautiful and very expensive suit is representing wealth, popular acclaim, love. Our main character is poor, he possesses none of the things that have been mentioned, and so he will seek to become “The Greatest Showman,” hoping that this will give him everything he needs, which deep down is Love, is knowing himself truly worthy of being loved.
This is the depth of the movie, this is the dream that Barnum is going to pursue—an endless path in search of being loved, of being enough. The problem is that he places all his hopes in becoming the Greatest Showman; this is the superficial part. It seems that if he becomes this character, he will be rich and loved. We are thus on the threshold of a great confusion for Barnum; he, wanting to be loved, thinks he will achieve it only if he is rich and acclaimed by everyone, when the reality is that being rich and acclaimed by everyone does not necessarily make him loved.
Because of this confusion, everything falls apart, and Barnum loses his way. Despite being loved by his wife and his wonderful daughters, he is still not satisfied, because he keeps chasing money and people’s recognition and doesn’t realize that what he has always longed for is “right here in front of you / This is where you wanna be.” The pursuit of what he doesn’t want causes him to lose what he wants with all his heart.
This battle is present in this other song:
I’m trying to hold my breath / Let it stay this way / Can’t let this moment end / You set off a dream in me / Getting louder now / Can you hear it echoing? / Take my hand / Will you share this with me? / ‘Cause darling, without you / All the shine of a thousand spotlights / All the stars we steal from the night sky / Will never be enough / Never be enough / Towers of gold are still too little / These hands could hold the world but it’ll / Never be enough / Never be enough, For me[5].
From the moment this song first appears in the movie, we see that Barnum resonates deeply with it; it seems that nothing is enough for him because “We can’t ever get enough of what we don’t really want.” And what Barnum wants isn’t money or fame, as the song’s lyrics express so well, but rather what the showman truly desires is love. However, he will discover this in a harsh way, having to go through suffering and trials that will come precisely accompanied by this song.
And when Barnum manages to redeem himself and rediscover his true worth and dignity, he will once again sing in the final scene of the movie, “It’s everything you ever need, And it’s here right in front of you, This is where you wanna be.” He sings this initially inside the circus, with all the people cheering him and joyful… in short, it’s the first scene of the movie again, but Barnum now knows that this won’t make him deeply happy. What he seeks is true love, and he knows where he will truly find it.
The song ends with him sitting next to his wife, watching his daughters dance in a ballet recital. Meanwhile, in a very soft and peaceful tone, he sings one last time: “It’s everything you ever need, And it’s here right in front of you.”
This is what Barnum truly wanted: to discover his true worth and dignity, and to love and be deeply loved. Isn’t that what all of us want too?
How the dream is expressed
You stumble through your days / Got your head hung low / your sky’s a shade of gray / Like a zombie in a maze / You’re asleep inside / but you can shake awake / ‘Cause you’re just a dead man walkin’ / Thinkin’ that’s your only option / But you can flip the switch and brighten up your darkest day / Sun is up and the color’s blindin’ / Take the world and redefine it / Leave behind your narrow mind / you’ll never be the same / Come alive, come alive / Go and light your light, let it burn so bright / Reachin’ up to the sky / And it’s open wide / you’re electrified / And the world becomes a fantasy / And you’re more than you could ever be / ‘Cause you’re dreamin’ with your eyes wide open / And you know you can’t go back again / To the world that you were livin’ in / ‘Cause you’re dreamin’ with your eyes wide open / So come alive / I see it in your eyes / You believe that lie that you need to hide your face / Afraid to step outside / So you lock the door / but don’t you stay that way.[6]
The humanities are a dream expressed in many diverse ways. Art, music, and literature have been present since people sought to leave a legacy, and they will remain present as long as there are people who want to express what they carry in their hearts.
In the song “Come Alive” from The Greatest Showman, it’s clearly expressed how man feels things and has a desire to express them. “You’re asleep inside, but you can shake awake…” No one wants to live their life asleep. “’Cause you’re just a dead man walkin’, Thinkin’ that’s your only option, But you can flip the switch and brighten up your darkest day…”[7] There is an option we can all take: to wake up, to start walking; but it depends on us. The initiative to get up and flip the light switch begins with a deep desire for change, becomes reality through human effort, and culminates with the appearance of light, which is art, music, and literature. “Sun is up and the color’s blinding… Take the world and redefine it, leave behind your narrow mind”[8], you’ll Come alive with the humanities, don’t be afraid of sharing your person with others, you will never regret to do it. That is what music, art and literature do for people, these subjects can brighten your soul and make you feel alive!
“You’re electrified, And the world becomes a fantasy, And you’re more than you could ever be, ‘Cause you’re dreamin’ with your eyes wide open, And you know you can’t go back again, To the world that you were livin’ in, ‘Cause you’re dreamin’ with your eyes wide open”[9].
This is the perfect definition of what music, literature, and art generate in people. When you’re listening to a piece of music that truly speaks to your heart, “the world becomes a fantasy,” and everything starts to fade away. It’s common to enter that zone of connection with the feelings the song proposes: the body relaxes, the mind expands, and our entire being breathes a fantasy that makes us feel “more than you could ever be,” all because “you’re dreamin’ with your eyes wide open.” And our being begs us to stay there; something inside us screams to remain in the ecstasy of sounds and vibrations that so eloquently speak to our heart. “And you know you can’t go back again, To the world that you were livin’ in, ‘Cause you’re dreamin’ with your eyes wide open.”
Art
“The camera will never compete with the brush and palette until such time as photography can be taken to Heaven or Hell.”[10]
Art is a powerful element through which people express not only what they see but also what they are, their ideas, traumas, fears, and hopes. We can take Picasso as an example to understand how a person truly expresses itself through art.
Picasso is a name that all people resound with, maybe not everyone knows him or not everyone has seen his paintings, but everyone knows his name and perhaps also that he was really influential.
Picasso was born on October 25, 1881, in Malaga, Spain. Britanica encyclopedia tells us that «Picasso was a Spanish expatriate painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer. He was one of the greatest and most-influential artists of the 20th century and the creator (with Georges Braque) of Cubism»[11].
In his art he shows culture, he shows the changes of it and how the world was being fragmentated by all the wars that characterize the twentieth century.
We can see the example of Mother and Child, painted in 1921, this painting shows a mother carrying a baby. This is a good example of how Picasso’s paintings were at this time, and although he had some abstract paintings by this moment, he was still painting with a more realistic style full of light and love. «In this moment of his life Picasso was in a peace moment, the World War I had finished, and the world now is in piece »[12]
Later on, Picasso’s style will change because of the horrors of war and in one of his paintings in the middle of the second World War we experience a drastic change in his arts style. This change shows how he was affected by the war and gives us a good image of how culture in Europe were in that moment. This painting is “First Steps”, painted on May 21, 1943, during the harsh moments of The Second World War. In this painting we see a mom showing his kid how to walk; both are disfigured and broken in pieces.
Pierre Daix in his book about Picasso says about the child in the painting «Mixture of impatience, determination, insecurity and triumph[13]». These were the feelings of society in the middle of the second World War.
«The baby discovering its own autonomy, as it enters a world of war, a war whose outcome at that moment was still totally hidden, without even glimmers of a possible future»[14]
Looking at Picasso’s paintings we can see how culture was evolving after the wars.
Art is a good tool to analyze culture, in art we see examples of hope, rebirth, love, but we also see examples of brokenness and loosing of meaning.
With Picassos paintings we see how society completely changes because of the war, and we can measure this change.
In The Greatest Showman, art is used to communicate the mood, illusions, and dreams of P.T. Barnum and all the other characters in the film. Art is expressed primarily through a combination of bright colors, cinematography, and choreography in the dances.
Speaking about his museum the real P.T. Barnum said something that we can also apply to the movie and to his art: “It’s a place to be transported! A place where people can see things they have never seen before”[15].
Precisely a place to see what you’ve never been able to see before, and this refers to art.
The production of The Greatest Showman aimed to make this film unique, and they wanted to achieve this through art. With art, they could communicate more with fewer words. It’s very easy to notice the characters’ moods and what they’re experiencing when we focus on the lighting and the amount of color the director chose to complement the scene.
Dance is another fundamental piece in The Greatest Showman. The choreographies bring the songs to life and create a visual and artistic spectacle.
Music
The music in The Greatest Showman is what brings unity to the art and literature in this film.
The songs were designed to stir emotions and make you lose yourself “in the greatest show.” Each song and musical piece not only complements what’s happening in the scene but also serves as an additional instrument of communication that aims to convey a message.
In the humanities, music is considered one of the means to express what lies within. Take, for example, Chopin and his “Nocturne in C-sharp.”
In this “Nocturne,” we find a highly emotional piece where, without the need for any words, strong feelings of love and melancholy are subtly imposed upon us. These feelings are so universal that people resonate with them, which is why this piece tends to be greatly loved by many.
Chopin, in his Nocturne, presents something so fundamental and universal that it’s even possible for a Nazi to spare someone’s life for having connected with a song.
“The piece (Nocturne in C sharp) was played by Holocaust survivor Natalia Karp for the Nazi concentration camp commandant Amon Goeth, with Goeth being so impressed with the rendition that he spared Karp’s life”[16]
In the cinematic world, there is also a great appreciation for music. “Music in movies has proven to be not only important but essential. Hans Zimmer is one of the greatest composers of ‘film music’ in the industry. Through his example, we can see how music is a highly characteristic element of films, helping to convey the movie’s message and making it linger in our minds. For instance, consider films like Pirates of the Caribbean, Interstellar, Inception, Gladiator, etc. The music for these iconic movies was composed by Hans Zimmer, and it is so well-crafted that it can reach deep into our hearts and inspire feelings of empathy with the characters. This is one of the reasons why this composer is so famous, and why the films mentioned are so iconic.
The Greatest Showman seeks to create the same effect with its music—it aims to transmit a message and ensure that the message endures. The music in this film is equally designed to connect with the audience, to help us feel empathy for the characters, and to leave an ‘echoing’ message resonating within us. And the truth is, the music in The Greatest Showman achieves its goal.”
Literature
In literature, it’s easy to see that The Greatest Showman offers us a great story, with excellent scripts and dialogues, but above all, with profound lyrics in its songs.
The lyrics in the songs are deeply meaningful; upon close inspection, one can discover that they narrate what the characters feel deep in their hearts and reveal the ideals and goals that drive them.
The first song in the movie is “The Greatest Show.” This song lays the foundation upon which the entire film is built and provides us with the fundamental motivation of the main character, as explained earlier. The second song, “A Million Dreams,” presents us with the perspective of a life-changing moment. P.T. Barnum is about to embark on a new adventure, with a million dreams awaiting him. “Come Alive” emerges as the moment of “flourishing” in Barnum’s life—everything is going well, and little by little, this character begins to gain more fame and success, bringing him back to life. In “The Other Side,” the lyrics invite us to break free from a conventional life, to laugh, dream, and be free. “Never Enough” is the most profound song in the film because it expresses the innermost feelings in Barnum’s heart: “nothing is enough for me,” and, at its core, “I am not enough either.” After this, we hear “This Is Me,” which serves as a response to the previous song. It encourages us not to be afraid of who we are, emphasizing that there’s no need to hide or feel ashamed of ourselves. Yet, once again, “Never Enough” reappears at the most pivotal moment in the film—when Barnum loses everything. The next song, “From Now On,” reveals the redemption of the main character and his discovery of his true worth and dignity. With this song, P.T. Barnum realizes that he is enough. Finally, we hear the chorus of “The Greatest Show,” the film’s opening song. It closes the cycle and shows us the hard-earned lesson Barnum has learned.
The lyrics of these songs represent the role that literature plays in this film—a fundamental and transcendent role. It’s worth remembering that stories like The Iliad and The Odyssey were written as songs and have left an immense legacy in our culture.
Conclusion
“From Now On” from the greatest Showman
I saw the sun begin to dim / And felt that winter wind Blow cold / A man learns who is there for him / When the glitter fades and the walls won’t hold / ‘Cause from then, rubble One remains / Can only be what’s true If all was lost / Is more I gain / ‘Cause it led me back To you.
From now on / These eyes will not be blinded by the lights / From now on / What’s waited till tomorrow starts tonight / Tonight / Let this promise in me start / Like an anthem in my heart / From now on.
I drank champagne with kings and queens / The politicians praised my name / But those are someone else’s dreams / The pitfalls of the man I became / For years and years I chased their cheers / The crazy speed of always needing more / But when I stop And see you here / I remember who all this was for…[17]
“Story” is a powerful word, a good story can make you cry, laugh and fall in love….
In The Greatest Showman, we find a magnificent story—a dream, a dream that speaks of redemption and love, a dream that vibrates and resonates with the sounds of desires, a dream that transcends reality because reality is not enough to contain it.
A good story has the power to unify the humanities, which is why it can be said that The Greatest Showman is a treatise on the humanities. It applies them in various ways to convey its message and ensure it endures. We saw this when we analyzed the essence of the humanities and the essence of The Greatest Showman, and when we reviewed the external factors of the film, observing how it masterfully employs the external manifestations of the humanities—art, music, and literature.
This great work of art is truly a masterpiece that, due to its universal nature, connects with the profound aspects of many hearts. This is the true value of The Greatest Showman, and this is what makes this film a genuine masterpiece of art—its ability to connect with people. This connection is made possible through the art, music, and literature that shape the film.
From now on, it is our turn to use the elements of the humanities to ensure our message of hope endures. If we combine the humanities with what we carry in our hearts, our message will hardly be insignificant; it will transcend.
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[10] EDWARD MUNCH, https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7703-the-camera-will-never-compete-with-the-brush-and-palette consulted on March 15
[11] ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, inc. (n.d.). Pablo Picasso. Encyclopaedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pablo-Picasso
[12] HANS L.C. Jaffé, Pablo Picasso, page 106
[13] DAIX Pierre, Picasso Life and Art, p. 271
[14] Ibidem
[15] MICHAEL Gracey, “The art of making the greatest showman, weldonowen, USA 2017, page 56 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYvUzMj3Rs0&ab_channel=MovieArtbooksandmore
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[17] From Now On, The Greatest Showman Ensemble, in https://genius.com/Hugh-jackman-and-the-greatest-showman-ensemble-from-now-on-lyrics
