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In Brigitte Bardot, a complicated legacy of movie stardom, activism, xenophobia and antisemitism

JL;DR SUMMARY Brigitte Bardot, the iconic French actress who recently passed away at 91, left a complex legacy marked by notable cinematic roles and a sharp ideological pivot to the far right. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Muslim ImmigrationCultural IconFrench CinemaFar Right PoliticsJean Marie Le PenRacial HatredBrigitte BardotMarianneHalal And Kosher Controversy

Places mentioned

France
"a cultural icon who embodied the glories and miseries of a rapidly modernizing postwar France."
Saint-Tropez, Var, France
"Mourners stand around the statue of Brigitte Bardot, created from an artwork by Italian comic book author Milo Manara, in Saint-Tropez."
Houston, Texas, United States
"A professor at the University of Houston and the Womens Institute of Houston, Robert Zaretsky is also a culture columnist at the Forward."

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