Grande Dame Guignol
Examples
“Lange and fellow returning cast⟳ members Sarah Paulson, Frances Conroy and Lily Rabe are joined this season not just by Angela Basset but also Kathy Bates, Christine Ebersole and Patti Lupone for what looks like⟳ the kind of big shouldered, Grande Dame Guignol scene-stealing and set⟳ chewing celebration of the grand bitch diva goddess (make⟳ that "grand witch") that only a gay man could helm.”
“It's worth noting that Hepburn never joined in on the popular 1960s fad of Grande Dame Guignol Horror (aka “Hag Horror”) that her peers Bette Davis, Joan Crawford and Olivia de Havilland all participated in.”
“A gloriously sensational "Grande Dame Guignol" about feuding siblings and fading stardom, the film united the two rivals, who were by then well into middle age and long past their heyday, to play⟳ the disabled Blanche Hudson (Crawford) and her sister/terroriser, the demented former child star Baby Jane (Davis).”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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