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  2. Pouf - Wikipedia

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    The pouf or pouffe also "toque" (literally a thick cushion) is a hairstyle and a hairstyling support deriving from 18th-century France. It was made popular by the Queen of France , Marie Antoinette (1755–1793), when she wore it in June 1775 at the coronation of her husband Louis XVI , triggering a wave of French noblewomen to wear their hair ...

  3. Comédie larmoyante - Wikipedia

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    Comédie larmoyante (French for 'tearful comedy') was a genre of French drama of the 18th century. In this type of sentimental comedy, the impending tragedy was resolved at the end, amid reconciliations and floods of tears. [1]

  4. Piff! Paff!! Pouf!!! - Wikipedia

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    Piff! Paff!! Pouf!!! premiered at Broadway's Casino Theatre on April 2, 1904, where it ran for 264 performances; closing on November 19, 1904. [3] The popular "Radium Dance" from this show was inspired by scientist Marie Curie, and the musical was a big hit for its stars, Eddie Foy and Alice Fischer.

  5. Pierre de Marivaux - Wikipedia

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    Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux (/ m æ r ɪ ˈ v oʊ /; French: [pjɛʁ kaʁlɛ də ʃɑ̃blɛ̃ də maʁivo]; 4 February 1688 – 12 February 1763), commonly referred to as Marivaux, was a French playwright and novelist.

  6. Sentimental - Wikipedia

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    Sentimental, the adjectival form of sentimentality, may also refer to: Films. Sentimental, a 1981 Argentinian film show; Sentimental, a 2020 Spanish comedy film ...

  7. Christian Lacroix - Wikipedia

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    Along with this, he is also known for his 'le pouf' dress (featuring the ball skirt). Christian Lacroix has designed many dresses for Hollywood stars; among them, he was responsible for designing Christina Aguilera 's wedding dress and in the 1990s was famed as being a favourite designer of Edina Monsoon in the UK sitcom Absolutely Fabulous ...

  8. Sentimental comedy - Wikipedia

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    The characters in sentimental comedy are either strictly good or bad. Heroes have no faults or bad habits, villains are thoroughly evil or morally degraded. [2] The authors' purpose was to show the audience the innate goodness of people and that through morality people who have been led astray can find the path of righteousness.

  9. Sentimentalism (literature) - Wikipedia

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    For example, in Laurence Sterne's novel, A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy, the narrator is using the sentimental character Yorick as a device to critique the obligation of morality, whether it is sentimental or rational. There is a scene early in the novel where Yorick meets a monk and refuses "to give him a single sous [a penny]."