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Well-known little person and actor Peter Dinklage is unlikely to be applying at the Hippodrome (Image source: Frazer Harrison\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In a controversial move that could be seen as exploitative or helpful – depending on your viewpoint – the owner of the Hippodrome<\/a>, the largest casino in the UK , has put out an advertisement to let the world know he is looking to hire little people as \u201cdoor dwarves\u201d at the venue for the holidays.<\/p>\n

Risking being called a circus carney, the owner advertised for the positions in the widely read Metro newspaper, stating that the casino is looking to \u201ccreate a team of Britain\u2019s smallest bouncers \u2013 Door Dwarves \u2013 for its new entrance in Cranbourn Street.\u201d<\/p>\n

Owner Claims Success<\/h2>\n

According to reports, trials of the initiative, which would introduce a force of people 4 feet 10 inches or smaller to man the entrance to the casino, were said to have gone \u201cfantastically\u201d well, and as a result, the management at the venue has been convinced to introduce the system on a full-time basis.<\/p>\n

CEO and chairman of the casino Simon Thomas, attempting to justify the scheme, explained to the media that the system was just the latest in a long line of dwarf employment opportunities at the Leicester Square casino.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Hippodrome is a phenomenal London institution. It opened in 1900 as an indoor circus with people like Little Titch on the cast,\u201d explained Thomas, adding that legendary P.T. Barnum had circus performer and little person Tom Thumb <\/a>perform at the venue back in the day.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had high-diving dwarves who dived from the mistrals\u2019 gallery 60-feet up into a water tank,\u201d he added. \u201cSo they are very much part of the history of the place.\u201d<\/p>\n

How charming can you get. It’s like Cirque du Soleil, but the shortstuff version.<\/p>\n

Interesting Logic<\/h2>\n

Since bouncers are typically very large, wide and menacing-looking characters, who the average Joe would prefer not to cross, hiring a team of smaller personnel does seem like a strange move for the casino if they are looking to deter the riff-raff from causing trouble at the site.<\/p>\n

\u201cNobody messes with a dwarf, so in a way, they are very good doorman,\u201d argued Thomas. \u201cThey can handle people much better than having a human eclipse on the door as some of the clubs do in London. Nobody is going to pick on someone who is below-average height. It\u2019s not exactly a macho thing to do, so it is a very good way of controlling the door.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no discrimination at all,\u201d claimed Thomas, building up to borrow probably the most over-used phrase of the 21st century to dispute complaints that the venue may be poking fun at little people. \u201cI find we live in a world of political correctness gone mad.\u201d<\/p>\n

But if we are to take the opinion that the job role is not poking fun at little people, should we perhaps take the opinion that it is, at the very least, exploiting them? Thomas himself stated that the initiative is \u201cbuilding on the rich heritage of innovative entertainment\u201d so clearly it is not just their unintimidating stature which he wishes to use.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am trying to run a very large entertaining complex and I have a lot of different people with lots of different skills,\u201d explained the Hippodrome chairman. \u201cI have chosen those skills and physical attributes that are appropriate to that job. They are highly professional and have got to get on with it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Okay okay, don’t get short with us, sir.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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