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the campy flamboyance of her costume almost guaranteed she'd win the masquerade pageant
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With such a deliciously dramatic tone set by host Alan Cumming, the U.S. franchise often sees its celebrity players embracing the flamboyance of their setting even more than their gameplay.
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Caroline Framke, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025
As luxury fashion began to tilt toward flamboyance and logo-happy flash, the Meiers were unafraid to show something as stark as pencil-straight dark trousers with a white button-up.
—Jacob Gallagher, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
The old-school formality of the costumes—women in dresses, men with ties—is counterbalanced by the flamboyance of their colors: flaming red, screeching green, lavish blue, acerbic yellow, judgmental white, which inflect the action’s moods and set its tones.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2025
Hollander, hemmed in by more famous portrayals of Capote, emphasizes Truman’s vocal tics and sashaying flamboyance, delivering a performance that’s compellingly mousy and wounded but misses the opportunity to open more of the character’s vulnerability.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 1 Feb. 2024
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Caroline Framke, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025
As luxury fashion began to tilt toward flamboyance and logo-happy flash, the Meiers were unafraid to show something as stark as pencil-straight dark trousers with a white button-up.
—Jacob Gallagher, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
The old-school formality of the costumes—women in dresses, men with ties—is counterbalanced by the flamboyance of their colors: flaming red, screeching green, lavish blue, acerbic yellow, judgmental white, which inflect the action’s moods and set its tones.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2025
Hollander, hemmed in by more famous portrayals of Capote, emphasizes Truman’s vocal tics and sashaying flamboyance, delivering a performance that’s compellingly mousy and wounded but misses the opportunity to open more of the character’s vulnerability.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 1 Feb. 2024
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“Flamboyance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flamboyance. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.
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flamboyance
noun
flam·boy·ance
flam-ˈbȯi-ən(t)s 
: the quality or state of being flamboyant
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