Marie-Antoinette

#1

Marie-Antoinette

Posted: 2/19/05 at 8:45am

Ok, I'm doing a report on Marie-Antoinette and I have one question: did she really say "Let Them Eat Cake"?

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#2

re: Marie-Antoinette

Posted: 2/19/05 at 8:46am

I doubt it.
Maybe I'll watch my video of the Norma Shearer movie when I get some free time. The costumes are amazing and her acting cracks me up!

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#3

re: Marie-Antoinette

Posted: 2/19/05 at 8:59am

She really said Let them eat Entemans or Dunkin Donuts

In answer to your question, I believe she said it as a flippant remark to the starving peasants who than repaid her by chopping her head off. Lets hear it for the peasants. Peasants 1 Marie A 0

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#4

re: Marie-Antoinette

Posted: 2/19/05 at 10:41am

All official biographies maintain that she never said it.

#5

re: Marie-Antoinette

Posted: 2/19/05 at 11:53am

My psycho 11th grade history teacher made it quite clear to us that she did NOT say that. (Although it would not have been uncharacteristic.)

#6

re: Marie-Antoinette

Posted: 2/19/05 at 2:21pm

I can't believe Sophia Coppola is doing a movie on Marie Antoinette, and she cast Kirsten Dunst as the leading lady. Oy! Just about anyone else would work better in my opinion.

#7

re: Marie-Antoinette

Posted: 2/19/05 at 3:41pm

I saw the urn that is said to contain Maria Theresa's - (Archduchess of Austria and mum of Marie Antoinette) innards at Saint Stephan's Cathedral in Vienna.

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Updated On: 2/19/05 at 03:41 PM

#8

re: Marie-Antoinette

Posted: 2/19/05 at 3:50pm

Paris Hilton should've been cast.

#9

re: Marie-Antoinette

Posted: 2/19/05 at 5:00pm

I've also seen the Tea Service by Sevres that Marie-Antoinette gave to Paul (son of Catherine the Great) and his wife Maria Feodorovna at Pavlovsk Palace just outside Saint Petersburg.

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#10

re: Marie-Antoinette

Posted: 2/19/05 at 5:03pm

Thanks for all your input. I came to the conclusion that she didn't.

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#11

re: Marie-Antoinette

Posted: 2/19/05 at 5:07pm

boy, are you on the wrong site for this question.

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#12

re: Marie-Antoinette

Posted: 2/19/05 at 6:51pm

I say Marie-Antionette said, "Let them snort crack."

I mean, they don't want to put THAT in books, right?

Or the guy that wrote it down got it wrong.