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    Tim Burton's 'Dumbo' isn't your grandfather's Disney classic

    by Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times Mar 25, 2019 6 minutes

    LOS ANGELES - Despite what you might imagine, Tim Burton has never cared for circuses.

    Sure, many of Burton's films - from "Pee Wee's Big Adventure" to "Beetlejuice" to "The Nightmare Before Christmas" to "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" - have featured the same blend of fantasy, whimsy and visual spectacle one finds under the big top. And, yes, the circus is the setting of his latest movie, a live-action re-imagining of the much-loved 1941 Disney animated film "Dumbo" that will hit theaters Friday. But actual circuses have never been his thing.

    "It's funny, but I truly never liked the circus," Burton, 60, said on a recent afternoon, clad from head to toe in black and radiating an impish, hyper-caffeinated vibe. "You've got animals being tortured, you've got death-defying acts, and you've got clowns. It's like a horror show. What's to like?"

    There is one thing Burton does appreciate about the circus, though: the idea that it represents a thrown-together family of oddballs. "This idea of feeling weird and wanting to join this mixed family of misfits and weirdos

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