The original Colette topless on stage in 1907

She was played by Keira Knightley in a recent movie, but the original doesn’t look much like Keira.

Her stage partner is doing some serious John Barrymore-style overacting there. His gestures and facial expression are so overwrought that he makes Swedish Climate Girl seem as phlegmatic as Clint Eastwood.

Here’s another version with Overacting Guy cropped out.

And here is Keira’s recreation of that scene.
Anyway …

Here’s a quick article about Colette, if you had forgotten the context.

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