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the campy flamboyance of her costume almost guaranteed she'd win the masquerade pageant
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Borrowing from the flamboyance of the New Romantics, the edginess of punks and the melancholic themes in their music, goth makeup was dark, vampiric, and vaguely dangerous—an aesthetic music fans copied when gathering at goth haunts like the Batcave in London.
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Sophia Panych, Allure, 8 Oct. 2025
Tonatiuh effortlessly glides between magnetic flamboyance and heart-wrenching vulnerability, and even outshines Lopez in their scenes together − one such moment occurs when the Spider Woman comes to Molina in prison, breaking the escapism for a memorable sequence.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
One of the things that make Jude Law such an interesting actor, especially in his middle age, has been his ability to direct his flamboyance and his physicality towards unlikely ends.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 1 Sep. 2025
Jones says Lee’s versatility – ranging from her quietly powerful performance in Past Lives to more comedic roles in Russian Doll more recently The Studio – shines through in her performance as Gloria, whose outward flamboyance hides a darker reality.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2025
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Sophia Panych, Allure, 8 Oct. 2025
Tonatiuh effortlessly glides between magnetic flamboyance and heart-wrenching vulnerability, and even outshines Lopez in their scenes together − one such moment occurs when the Spider Woman comes to Molina in prison, breaking the escapism for a memorable sequence.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
One of the things that make Jude Law such an interesting actor, especially in his middle age, has been his ability to direct his flamboyance and his physicality towards unlikely ends.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 1 Sep. 2025
Jones says Lee’s versatility – ranging from her quietly powerful performance in Past Lives to more comedic roles in Russian Doll more recently The Studio – shines through in her performance as Gloria, whose outward flamboyance hides a darker reality.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2025
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“Flamboyance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flamboyance. Accessed 21 Oct. 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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