255DEBBIE de COUDREAUX
La
Crème de La Crème of America’s Showbiz, Stage and Entertainment.
By Maximillien de Lafayette
I
am absolutely
confident that if George Washington had seen Debbie in his lifetime, he would
have established monarchy in America! And should the Ancient Greeks have
walked in the shadow of Countess Debbie de Coudreaux, and listened to her
voice, the Greek Pantheon and Olympus would have had one more Goddess! Debbie
de Coudreaux is America’s royalty, for she reigns over its stages, musicals,
pictures and cabaret’s world. She has class, style, looks, heart, and an
immense talent. At the Cabaret, she is the “Femme Fatale”, on stage, she
glitters like a Diva. When she dances or even when she moves she becomes
charmingly dangerous…and when she sings Paris, she becomes an addiction!
Audiences become mesmerized by her presence, enchanted by her voice and frozen
in time, for time and space will loose their definition and priority, when
this magnificent artist’s voice begins to sparkle and enter the depth of your
heart. Sometimes, I reflect on how permissive and irresponsible
human beings are in their vocabulary
and
how “sans-façons”
they depict scenes, describe events and portray people; they flirt with words
instead of respecting them; they use metaphors and graciously deploy eloquent
words without sailing into the inner meaning of such descriptive generosity.
They become irresponsible. They vulgarize the divinity of words and run away
with their intellectual absurdity. Impressed by artists’ performance, critics
and audiences alike elevate them to the highest firmament with words and
attributes, usually were never used and abused by connoisseurs and learned
ones in the Renaissance . Words or allegoric sentences such as “She is
Divine”, or “Magnificent”, or “Perfect”, or “The best of the best”, or “lot of
style”. In the world’s finest literature, such words were and still are rarely
used. The word” STYLE” was not allowed to be freely used in the times of Louis
XV and Napoleon, for only Versailles, Les Invalides and royal palaces had
style. This is why and how interior designers and architects carefully and
specifically use the term “style”, for it carries deep meaning.
Is
it Baroque style or Rococo? Is it Style Empire (Napoleonic) or Louis XVI?
Thus, describing an artist as “Artist with Style” is an immense
responsibility. Before Debbie de Coudreaux, “STYLE” becomes very a propos
and epistemologically correct. For this lady has “style”. The Coudreaux’s
style. “Class” is another word which scares the hell out of me. Few
contemporary artists have class. It is a natural science-art we
acquire without studying it. It is a providential blessing. You have it or you
don’t. Historically and socially, “class” was an attribute and a cliché used
to describe and to refer to the elegance, savoir-faire and refined manners of
the aristocrats. It was derived from the Chivalry Code of the medieval
knights. It is a heavy word. The Templars and the knights would have bowed
before Debbie de Coudreaux, for she has a lot of class.
Now,
when you combine style, class and talent, you get a Diva. And when you see a
Diva with warmth, intrigue, sensuality, enigma and friendly captivating
presence, you get a Goddess! In contemporary artistic lexicology, this Goddess
Diva’s name is spelled and written ”Debbie de Coudreaux”! But
Debbie is fun too! She is down to earth, pragmatic, humble, sometimes very
avant-garde, and some other time, even provocative. She is an artist and a
woman for all seasons!
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