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Critics dismiss the fourth installment in the Batman series as nonsensical kitsch, a "wild, campy costume party" (Janet Maslin, the New York Times ). Director Joel Schumacher ( A Time to Kill ), a former window dresser, leans heavily on high-concept get-ups (villainess Uma Thurman sports a suit made from 450 Santa Claus wigs) in the apparent hope of deflecting attention from a script that "has the eerie feeling of having no beginning, no middle and no end" (Kenneth Turan, the Los Angeles Times ). Still, his overwrought attempts to make the film fun--fast editing, crashingly loud sound effects--end up making it "a punishing ordeal" (Alex Ross, Slate).
Members of a rebellious 16th-century French faction were called Guisards because of their extravagant get-ups; the word has become a common, if rarely used, noun for a masquerader or mummer.
Apparently, Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac told the government that her flowing on-stage get-ups are not suitable for ordinary wear, and that much of it is discarded after shows because it can't be re-used.