1966's greatest: who are you polly maggoo?

pretentious, vapid, and utterly superficial in the best way possible, this mod fairy tale about how an ordinary american girl becomes the toast of the international fashion scene and the object of a prince's affection embodies the spirit of both its time and of our current era of upheaval and youthmania. its wry satire and incredible style of the mid-20th century couture crowd is only matched by darling, released a year older, but its absolute extravagance makes it the weirdest picture ever created about such a world. lots of hints of today's reality silliness. the best scene is the fashion show. and miss maxwell may be the most frighteningly stylish dictator i have ever seen.