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Fraser's book is one of the few largely sympathetic portrayals of Marie Antoinette, depicting her as a naive but basically good individual who allowed excess to go to her head, as opposed to the callous, detached hedonist she is usually portrayed as. Coppola wanted to depict Antoinette as a person first and a historical figure second.
Applause was not the custom at court performances. However, her popularity led others to clap along with her to please her; the silence indicated the increase of general disapproval.
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