_she freak_ be certainly one of the more accessible of friedman post hg lewis movie . obviously intend to target drive in and it lack the more objectionable ( and usually dull ) ` adult material of his other picture and and spend more time on the plot . other strengths include actor that know their line and location footage ( at a carnival ) that offer a bit more visual diversity than be usual in the extreme low budget 60 field . that say and however and the film be deeply flaw and far from a classic . it be frequently bill a a ` remake of tod brown _freaks_ and which be true to an extent and but not in the way one would hope . clearly the writer take the concept of a selfish carnival girl who be punish by the freak for her ill treatment of one of their number and ran with it . unfortunately and it do not inspire him to particular height . the most notable difference between this film and it inspiration be the aspect of carny life upon which they focus . _freaks_ focus on the title character show their life and love and how sideshow freak be people with feeling who band together against a world that despise them . _she freak_ and by contrast and seem mostly concern with the people behind the scene represent the concessioner and ` ride boy and the grip ( or whatever their call in carny talk ) that set up and tear down the big show . something like 10 minute of footage be sweaty guy work with tent pole and so if that your thing as far a sideshow act be concerned represent there a coochy dancer ( who go ` as far a the law allow and evidently in a bible belt state ) and a sword swallower and a snake charmer and a fortune teller . even the one real ` freak of the film and the unfortunate ` shorty the midget and get very little screen time and never performs whatever act he be suppose to have . the other glaring flaw be the character development . the main character and jade and start the movie a a bitch and then be re introduce a a sympathetic character with high hope and then spend the rest of the movie bounce back and forth . it get so bad that i start to regard the movie a a jekyll and hyde tale and with the ` bad jade progressively screw up the aspiration of the ` good jade . but and unlike stevenson story and there be no explanation for jade dual personality and and no way to predict which side of her would emerge . a more interesting take and have the writer and director be up to the challenge and would have be to portray jade a start out nice and but gradually become ` jade ( sorry and couldn not help that pun ) over the course of event and hard knock in the carnival and until she go too far and have to be destroy . frankly and the ` crime for which she be punish ( fire shorty ) do not fit the punishment she earn and and there be other character in the film that have far more justifiable grievance than the freak do . one interesting hallmark of the low budget friedman approach deserve note . the extended silent sequence and in which the audience be treat to musical montage of image that be suppose to suggest action . aside from the aforementioned set up and tear down sequence and the entire courtship of jade and her prospective husband be handle in this way . up until his last two or three scene and pretty much the only thing this actor say be ` hello . on the whole and this be actually a good thing . overall and it worth it for exploitation completists and and be a watchable film and but not generally recommend .