Word: frenchidiom
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Dates: during 1955-1955
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...Joie de vivre often seemed obscured by a depressing exploitation of her thwarted ambition. Except for a short interval between the signing and subsequent renunciation of her confession, the audience is now spared this tedium. Joan's American flavor has been achieved through a strenuous effort to forget the Frenchidiom. By not attempting to imitate the French manner, she makes the French-American transition unusually successful. Through here dialogue never degenerates to slang, she uses, with esprit, the most familiar expressions of common talk. Miss Harris is at once winsome and commanding, always conscious of her position in the struggle...
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