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	Review: Ridicule (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In late 18th century France, before the advent of the guillotine, wit was used as often for pain and humiliation as it was for pleasure.
		Ridicule is not meant to be taken as a rigorous historical account, but, as with all French movies, the period detail is impeccable.
		Ridicule is not just the tale of a decaying, degraded empire of favoritism, although that is certainly an element of the plot.
	movie-reviews.colossus.net /movies/r/ridicule.html (722 words)

	RIDICULE - Definition
		We have in great measure restricted the meaning of ridicule, which would properly extend over whole region of the ridiculous, -- the laughable, -- and we have narrowed it so that in common usage it mostly corresponds to ``derision'', which does indeed involve personal and offensive feelings.
		Usage: {Ridicule}, {Derision}, Both words imply disapprobation; but ridicule usually signifies good-natured, fun-loving opposition without manifest malice, while derision is commonly bitter and scornful, and sometimes malignant.
		{Ridiculing}.] To laugh at mockingly or disparagingly; to awaken ridicule toward or respecting.
	www.hyperdictionary.com /dictionary/ridicule (285 words)

	Ridicule - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		For a dictionary definition of the word ridicule, see the Wiktionary entry.
		Ridicule is a 1996 French film set in the 18th-century at the decaying court of Versailles.
		The film depicts a world where wit and the art of ridicule was how citizens gained the privilege of begging King Louis XVI to do something about even the most fundamental needs of the citizens.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ridicule (199 words)

	Ridicule Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Ridicule, French director Patrice Leconte's supremely caustic and biting tale of life at the Court of Louis XVI at Versailles, the aristocrats both literally and figuratively live by their wits.
		For no matter how vacuous and unpleasant these courtiers are, their obsession with wit, almost to the point of fetishization, is still underlined by one essential thing: a genuine passion for the expressiveness of language.
		When the perplexed and indignant courtiers ask for an explanation of the hilarity, the deaf-mutes' teacher gleefully tells the audience that it is untranslatable.
	desires2.desires.com /2.5/Performance/Reviews/Ridicule/ridicule.html (939 words)

	Salon \| Half-wits
		"Ridicule," for all its powdered wigs, brocade and candleglow, is essentially "Mr.
		In "Ridicule," the courtiers are supercilious, middle-aged and overly-made-up, and their gambits as puerile as the urination in the opening scene.
		Leconte doesn't so much coax or tease or charm his audience toward the moral of "Ridicule" as drive us like sheep, as if this were a TV movie about social injustice.
	www.salon.com /dec96/ridicule961209.html (749 words)

	RIDICULE: SCOFFING - Christian Classics - Praize (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		But the spirit of ridicule (which is not to be mistaken for the divine gift of humour) is a spirit from the devil.
		Ridicule and scoffing are devilish and are the sign of the people inspired by Satan in the last times.
		As the followers of Jesus we should be prepared to be laden with ridicule, mockery and disgrace for His name's sake; for "a servant is not greater than his master" (John 13: 16).
	www.praize.com /classics/article.php?id=866 (1015 words)

	Ridicule Recovered Classics at The Z Review the best uk movie news and review site
		Put aside that all too common distaste for subtitled movies which seems to bother so many people (a baffling affliction which immediately rules out scores of quality films) and you'll uncover a bold, witty, intelligent and splendidly engaging tale which is wonderfully told and supremely well acted.
		In order to get to the king, however, he has to engage in the elaborate rituals of the court, where wit is the ultimate weapon and ridicule and humiliation are more deadly than the guillotine.
		The sharper the tongue, the faster the ascent up the social ladder, so if Malavoy doesn't quickly develop a savage wit and learn to hold his own, his unselfish attempts to clear the swamps and so wipe out the threat of disease back home are doomed from the start.
	www.thezreview.co.uk /features/ridiculerecoveredclassics3.htm (410 words)

	Ridicule Quotes & Quotations compiled by GIGA
		Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense, by attacking everything praiseworthy in human life.
		I distrust those sentiments that are too far removed from nature, and whose sublimity is blended with ridicule; which two are as near one another as extreme wisdom and folly.
		The sublime and ridiculous are often so nearly related that it is difficult to class them separately.
	www.giga-usa.com /quotes/topics/ridicule_t001.htm (589 words)

	Appeal to ridicule - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Appeal to ridicule is a logical fallacy which presents the opponent's argument in a way that appears ridiculous and mocking it:
		This should be contrasted with reductio ad absurdum which is a valid logical argument form.
		Ridiculing the person making the argument is specifically an ad hominem attack.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Appeal_to_ridicule (159 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Ridicule at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Ridicule is set in 1783 when the court was still in full flower but with France on the precipitous decline that would lead to its bankruptcy in 1788 and the storming of the Bastille on July 14th, 1789.
		This ridicule had taken hold and the man had soon found himself exiled from the court and his life and prestige ruined.
		Themes: One theme of Ridicule is the pernicious effect of excessive concentration of wealth on the morale as well as the financial health of a country.
	www.epinions.com /content_148740476548 (2031 words)

	The Culture of Creativity
		At first, this scientist was ridiculed and dismissed from school because he was not fit to study.
		If one of those persons who belonged to the culture of ridicule was sitting with him and heard him ask that question, he would have declared him a fool and would certainly killed his idea in its cradle and prevented the world from benefiting from that great discovery.
		However these young people are ridiculed by negative thinking people who eventually succeed in dampening their enthusiasm and drag them down to the gloomy depths of negativism and perdition.
	alrhaili.com /m6-6.htm (1032 words)

	Monmonier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Strategies that view GIS access as the primary means of empowerment overlook the power of ridicule as a persuasive weapon that works well even when project opponents have a weak argument.
		Moreover, in the same way that ridicule can undermine an incomplete or otherwise flawed siting study, project opponents armed with a GIS but lacking the savvy to use the system appropriately become vulnerable to sarcastic attacks from site advocates and skeptical journalists.
		Early in the hearings, during a discovery phase in which parties were asked to present any measurements they might later introduce, PURE circulated a crude sensitivity analysis that assumed the true boundaries of polygons around agricultural soils were on the outside of cartographic lines printed in the soil survey report.
	www.geo.wvu.edu /i19/papers/monmonier.html (1466 words)

	Ridicule + ridiculous + comedy + links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		ridicule work to invigorate the First Amendment by advocating for greater diversity in the press and by scrutinizing comedy practices that marginalize public interest, minority and dissenting viewpoints.
		As an anti-censorship organization, ridicule expose important news stories that are neglected and defend working journalists when they are muzzled.
		It should be noted that showing that a claim is ridiculous through the use of legitimate methods (such as a non fhumoracious argument) can make it reasonable to reject the claim.
	www.easymidget.com /websites/ridicule.html (728 words)

	World of Quotes - Ridicule Quotes
		Jane borrow'd maxims from a doubting school, And took for truth the test of ridicule; Lucy saw no such virtue in a jest, Truth was with her of ridicule the test.
		And I know that ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon.
		Ridicule is the first and last argument of fools.
	www.worldofquotes.com /topic/Ridicule (646 words)

	ridicule. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
		Words or actions intended to evoke contemptuous laughter at or feelings toward a person or thing: “I know that ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon” (Dorothy Parker).
		Ridicule implies purposeful disparagement: “My father discouraged me by ridiculing my performances” (Benjamin Franklin).
		To mock is to poke fun at someone, often by mimicking and caricaturing speech or actions: “Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort/As if he mock'd himself, and scorn'd his spirit” (Shakespeare).
	www.bartleby.com /61/97/R0239700.html (226 words)

	Ridicule - Above Top Secret Conspiracy Community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Ridicule of the different is a powerful tool in keeping knowledge down.
		Yep, it seems alot of people confuse skeptism with ridicule, and it stuns me that they're actually shocked people aren't open to their whacky ideas sometimes.
		If someone comes on and says "A UFO landed in my backyard this morning and the aliens came up to me and said the end of the world will be June 5th, 2012" I am not going to be open about it, I am not going to give them the benefit of the doubt.
	www.abovetopsecret.com /forum/thread126716/pg1 (2464 words)

	Re: UFO Ridicule (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		I was >>discussing ridicule, not "gossip and sensational reporting." >>Not at all the same thing.
		Apparently your anonymous correspondent is more sensitive to the varying levels of ridicule than most of us would be, including the ridiculers themselves, but we agree on the essential point.
		If we were so scared of ridicule I'd hardly >be spending good drinking time attempting to reply to the >baffling arguments you present on this list.
	www.virtuallystrange.net /ufo/updates/1999/aug/m25-011.shtml (1209 words)

	Halfbakery: An End to Ridicule (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Employ a SECOND army of [i]ordinary[/i] looking folks to interact with the first army in a completely normal, friendly manner, ie as if there were nothing at all unusual about their garb, about which no comments must be made.
		Ridicule of the ridiculously attired is perfectly appropriate.
		Of course, ridicule is in the mind of the beholder.
	www.halfbakery.com /idea/An_20End_20to_20Ridicule (778 words)

	Ridicule . Tucson Weekly . 02-13-97
		Period movies--the great majority of which focus on the sex lives of their subjects--have a tendency to be annoying, predictable and flat.
		Ridicule is a decidedly more entertaining version of the genre with the grace to flash us some intelligence and self-consciousness.
		The scheming members of the court are soulless and bad, of course, but they're certainly fun to watch, especially since we know their powdered heads only have a few years on them before they're sliced off in the guillotine.
	www.filmvault.com /filmvault/tw/r/ridicule_f.html (659 words)

	Ridicule (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Grégoire accompanies the doctor to court where he quickly excels in the fine arts of repartee, ridicule, and sang-froid.
		Initially reluctant to accord the drainage project any consideration, the doctor soon perceives the younger man's natural wit as an entré for himself into the palace; the project is tolerated.
		The ridicule of the title pervades the film: from the opening scene--a graphic portrayal of a courtier urinating on a helpless old nobleman--until the end, when the king is presumably defeated as Grégoire triumphs.
	endeavor.med.nyu.edu /lit-med/lit-med-db/webdocs/webfilms/ridicule42-film-.html (403 words)

	Ridicule / 1996 / film review / Patrice Leconte
		Whilst not quite in the league of earlier, more substantial historical films (a genre in which French cinema seems always to have excelled), Ridicule is nonetheless an impressive and entertaining film.
		The acting in Ridicule is superlative, with spirited performances from Fanny Adant and Charles Berling.
		The visuals are admirable, benefiting greatly from extensive use of location filming at the Versailles Palace near Paris.
	frenchfilms.topcities.com /nf_Ridicule_rev.html (319 words)

	Machine Design: Destructive ridicule.(Point & counterpoint)(Letter to the Editor)@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Although I agree that ridicule is "powerful" ("The power of constructive ridicule" editorial, July 8), using it as a means to achieve your desired end is destructive.
		Ridicule others and you will build animosity, resentment, and even hatred.
		People who use ridicule should recognize that they are...
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:121764608&refid=ip_almanac_hf (156 words)

	EUFS: Ridicule (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		He is unused to the ways of the court, where a ready wit is everything and careers are made and broken by the ridicule of the most powerful.
		Ridicule is a superb costume drama with much modern relevance.
		The self regarding rich, just a few years away from destruction in the revolution, sit in their splendour ignoring everything but themselves.
	www.eufs.org.uk /films/ridicule.html (424 words)

	Scorn, Ridicule, and Contempt
		Before answering this question, let's take a look at what scorn, ridicule, and contempt are and what they do.
		Teachers who use scorn, ridicule, and contempt toward students are generally effective disciplinarians.
		For this reason, indiscriminate use of scorn, ridicule, and contempt is certainly inadvisable.
	www.users.interport.net /i/n/interlac/scorn.htm (1103 words)

	Ridicule on DVD - MovieWeb
		Upon his arrival, the naive country squire discovers lust in the form of a widowed countess, love in the form of his host's beautiful daughter, ultimate power in the form of wit, and the ultimate weapon in the form of ridicule.
		Ridicule - In Versailles, 1783, biting wit and ridicule were the coin of the day.
		When the Countess learns of his love for Mathilde, she sets the stage for the ultimate ridicule.
	movieweb.com /dvd/dvd.php?786936231120 (496 words)

	Limerick Leader - July 28th, 2001 - News - Ridicule sickens peace broker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		ALD Michael Kelly said he is sick of being "defamed and ridiculed" for trying to broker peace in Limerick city.
		And he is adamant that decisions to withdraw allegations arising from peace deals has nothing to do with him.
		I have never, in any peace process that I was part of brokering, asked the people involved to withdraw allegations against each other.
	www.limerick-leader.ie /issues/20010728/news13.html (560 words)

	FILM REVIEW -- Courting `Ridicule' / French aristocracy witty satirized (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		What's delightful about ``Ridicule'' is the way it luxuriates in the sensuous surfaces of 18th century Versailles -- the lavish decor, the absurdly ornate costumes and piled-high wigs -- while slowly detonating a series of grenades that expose the phoniness of that world.
		Set in 1783, ``Ridicule'' takes place in the court of Louis XVI where Ponceludon de Malavoy, a provincial water engineer played by Charles Berling, has arrived to solicit a royal grant.
		Working from a script by Remi Waterhouse, who researched documents from the Louis XVI monar chy and lifted phrases that were used in his court, Leconte portrays a nest of snakes eager to upstage and destroy one another.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1996/12/06/DD17334.DTL (494 words)

	purevolume™ \| Ridicule
		Ridicule is an emotionally yet aggressively driven four-piece rock band whose music brings inspiration and hope to listeners everywhere.
		With intricate and melodic riffs backed by solid beats and euphonic harmonies that will give you goose bumps, Ridicule takes music to the next level.
		By building up a strong fan base in their hometown, Irvine CA, Ridicule has managed to connect to audiences on a more intimate level, sharing passionate and heartfelt lyrics, and by interacting with fans on a daily basis.
	www.purevolume.com /ridicule (106 words)

	Ridicule
		You will not be disappointed if you like sexual and political intrigue mixed in with brilliant dialogue set in 18th century France.
		RIDICULE deserved all the lavish praise it engendered upon its release in 1996.
		Unlike many period pieces that serve as elegant decoration for meager stories, RIDICULE carries pungent statements about the decline of aristocracy and the whispers of the cause of democracy.
	dvd.donstore.com /ItemId/B0000DZ3C6 (775 words)

	Miami student columnist held up to ridicule
		What most critics don't say is that Ridicule opens like a zipper, with a graphic close-up of a man urinating on another man's head.
		Goldstein argued that Ridicule is a valuable part of the context of her course.
		She said she doesn't know why Sanders was fired.
	enquirer.com /editions/2003/02/17/loc_bronson17.html (707 words)

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