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Even a dance-off duel between underdog protagonist and villainess, offering prime opportunity for camp excess, falls flat.
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Dennis Harvey, Variety, 23 May 2025
For many literary scholars, Cassandra Austen is a villainess of Miss Norris-esque proportions.
—Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 2 May 2025
The show isn’t necessarily doing anything wildly off book — there are at least three other series about being reincarnated as the villainess in a fantasy story and failing at it.
—Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025
The villainess is obsessed with asking her Magic Mirror who's the fairest of them all.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2025
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Dennis Harvey, Variety, 23 May 2025
For many literary scholars, Cassandra Austen is a villainess of Miss Norris-esque proportions.
—Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 2 May 2025
The show isn’t necessarily doing anything wildly off book — there are at least three other series about being reincarnated as the villainess in a fantasy story and failing at it.
—Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025
The villainess is obsessed with asking her Magic Mirror who's the fairest of them all.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2025
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“Villainess.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/villainess. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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villainess
noun
vil·lain·ess
ˈvil-ə-nəs 
: a woman who is a villain
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