Controversy Surrounds Brigitte Bardot's Legacy and Politics
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The article discusses the complex legacy of Brigitte Bardot, highlighting her status as a 1960s cinema icon and her association with far-right politics and racist rhetoric in France, contrasting her symbolic representation of postwar France's idyllic image with the country's reliance on immigrant labor and the darker underpinnings of its national identity.
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