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Robin Payes's avatar

The emphasis on the performative nature of all this is spot-on, Lorissa! Showing up the King George-Queen Charlotte copycat-ism of this regime reminds us that nothing about this show we are seeing unfold before us is new.

It brings me back to an earlier period of history, in the court of the French King Louis XIV, when whatever the king did, the court at Versailles was required to follow. Wigs (perruques) and powder, red soles and heels, and the latest dance moves in imitation of the king were de rigeuer--and that was just for the men!

That level of competition led to backstabbing and actual stabbing, poisonings and imprisonment, an set the tone all the way up to King Louis XVI (and of course, King George III) and "off with their heads."

It took 75 years, way back in the 1700s for revolutions on both sides of the Atlantic to depose that level of sycophancy. Here's hoping we won't have to endure this drama for another 75 years in our own day!

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Cassandra Speaks's avatar

Brilliant! 🙌💕💃❤️🇨🇦❤️

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