Marie-Antoinette
Marie-Antoinette
me101
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#0Marie-Antoinette
Posted: 2/19/05 at 8:45amOk, 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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#1re: 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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Mr Roxy
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#2re: 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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#3re: Marie-Antoinette
Posted: 2/19/05 at 10:41amAll official biographies maintain that she never said it.
#4re: Marie-Antoinette
Posted: 2/19/05 at 11:53amMy psycho 11th grade history teacher made it quite clear to us that she did NOT say that. (Although it would not have been uncharacteristic.)
#5re: Marie-Antoinette
Posted: 2/19/05 at 2:21pmI 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.
#6re: Marie-Antoinette
Posted: 2/19/05 at 3:41pmI 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.
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
Updated On: 2/19/05 at 03:41 PM
#8re: Marie-Antoinette
Posted: 2/19/05 at 5:00pmI'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.
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
me101
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#9re: Marie-Antoinette
Posted: 2/19/05 at 5:03pmThanks for all your input. I came to the conclusion that she didn't.
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#10re: Marie-Antoinette
Posted: 2/19/05 at 5:07pmboy, are you on the wrong site for this question.
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FenderShredder90
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#11re: 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.
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