prima donna

But Knight, Larraín, and Jolie are all careful to avoid reducing Callas to an over-the-top ableist stereotype or portraying her as the ruthless prima donna tigress the media painted her as.

Celebrities acting like prima donnas toward restaurant personnel isn’t anything new.

Conservative commentator Piers Morgan wrote: “It’s hard to imagine an American sporting team that’s made the country feel less proud than this bunch of ‘activist’ prima donnas.”

The original diva, which means "goddess" in Latin, referred to opera's leading ladies, or prima donnas.

Eidinger, an expert prima donna, brings out the tragic absurdity of men who blindly follow orders.