Word of the Day: Opera Bouffe

Maureen Dowd's a sourpuss, but can spin a bon mot with the best of them.

opéra bouffe

noun

op·​éra bouffe ˈō-pā-rä-ˈbüf ˈä-p(ə-)rə-

: satirical comic opera

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Harris has star power, as Obama did and as Trump does, in his opera bouffe way. Just as Obama’s magical smile once sparked a movement, now Harris’s ensorcelling smile has become the beacon for her followers, a symbol of possibility, a promise of the American dream, like the shimmering green light at the end of the dock in “The Great Gatsby.”

| Maureen O’Dowd, Kamala Takes Chicago

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