When the cаrnivаl wаs scheduled tо cоme tо a small town, health professionals who felt that the sideshows were cruel and exploitive joined with the local consumer groups to enforce truth-in-advertising laws. They demanded that the giant and the bearded lady be billed as “people with endocrine system problems”: (which of course removed all the sensationalism usually associated with these attractions). The next set of questions are about the giant and the bearded lady.