Word: ancien
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Ancien Regime and the French Revolution...
...VERISIMILITUDE goes even beneath the surface; The Return of Martin Guerre paints not only a physical, but also a psychological portrait of peasant life under the ancien regime. And that image is compelling if only for its marked contrast to the lifestyle of modern moviegoers. Even small-town life can not approach the incestuous intimacy of a village in which most of the inhabitants not only are related, but actually live together under one roof. In such close quarters, there are no secrets. When Martin finds that he is impotent, for example, the rest of Artifat finds out too. Perhaps...
...empty show of freedom: these assemblies had no real power. Indeed, we have here a small-scale illustration of the way in which governments of a wholly despotic order can assimilate some of the features of the most thorough-paced democracy... --Tocqueville (The Ancien Regime and the French Revolution...
...Coward line, is either beneath or beyond her. On a line like "Extraordinary how potent cheap music is," she puts equal stress on "potent" and "cheap" so that the fun is missing and the meaning is blurred. What she has doffed in avoirdupois she has put on in ancien Louis B. Mayer régime costumery, particularly one black-and-white Theoni V. Aldredge outfit that makes her look like a Hollywood penguin...
...intimacy." Politicians were judged as personalities and acted accordingly; so did musical virtuosos. Narcissism became the basic mental illness of modern times. This may sound overly schematic, but Sennett ornamented his provocative thesis with a rich array of illustrations on what kind of makeup French ladies used under the ancien regime and why London theater audiences wept when a hero died, and why the malls of modern shopping centers often stand empty...