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tale 106
the beautiful woman and her little dog Written by
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The beautiful woman and her little
dog In old French films, a pretty
woman often appears, of course not as lightly covered as it is today, but in
an expensive dress in bright colours with ruffles, meshes and other ribbons
that reaches to the floor and a large hat decorated with feathers or flowers.
The scene usually begins in the woman's dressing room. A gentleman in an
elegant suit sits in a comfortable armchair and discusses with the woman
sitting behind a paravan the last or next opera performance or better, which
visitors were particularly spectacular, or which concubine (lady of the
world) is just financed by which young aristocrat. Every time the cord is
threaded into the corset and tightened by her maid, the beautiful woman is
breathless for a moment, which gives the gentleman the opportunity to also
say something. Meanwhile, she puts make-up on her face, unless she happens to
have second maid for that too. A picture from the Rococo: “The toilet of
Venus”. At the end of the procedure she puts on her big hat, under which her
head seems to disappear, the parasol is handed to her and of course, how
could I have almost forgotten that, the dog. A bloodthirsty animal the size of
a lap dog. A blue ribbon in his hair of the head indicates that this is a
male, a pinkish red ribbon for a female. This unpleasant fellow does not
bark, he yaps in a rather high-pitched, cutting voice and thereby draws
attention and gains space. His name, of course, is “Fou-Fou” (crazy-crazy).
And this angry dwarf has another function, he is jealous and reacts extremely
aggressively to everything that resembles a grown-up man. Therefore, if the
woman wants to make the acquaintance of a man, she passes her guardian to her
maid or some girlfriend. He is bathed and powdered, goes to
the hairdresser, they cook for him and he is cared for when he is sick. How
good that he can't speak. What would he say? Maybe a lot of nonsense or a lot
of interesting stories? Times and clothes have changed,
but the lap dog has remained the same. |
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