WAS SAID BY ONE OF LOUIS XVI'S BIGOTED AUNTS, BUT PALAIS-ROYAL REVOLUTIONARIES USED IT TO ATTACK THE QUEEN
The phrase and remembrance of the queen's extravagance have entered American culture.
- "What is this, Versailles?" my father would say when we left too many lights turned on.
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- Movie, documentary, musical:
- Marie-Antoinette by Sophie Coppola, 2006
- The true story of a woman whose need to consume is endless and who calls her mansion "Versailles," 2012
- Broadway musical, 2025
Trailer
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- "Barack Antoinette," a columnist called Obama* to castigate a fête.
*Maureen Dowd commenting his 60th birthday celebration in The New York Times (in 2021).
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- Trump's favoritism, building a giant ballroom and over-the-top festivity while cancelling programs that help the poor, have made the allusion constant:
Poster by the press of the governor of California / zoom (please scroll down)
"Trump 'Marie-Antoinette' says, 'No health care for you peasants, but a ballroom for the queen!'
- "Versailles at discount" is said of his gold decor.
-- The Meidas Touch podcast
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- At a "No Kings" protest by Americans in Paris:
"No Kings" demonstration in Paris, Oct 25, 2025
"At least Marie-Antoinette had Style!"
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