Although none of Demy's subsequent films captured the contemporary success of his earlier work, some have been reappraised: David Thomson wrote about "the fascinating application of the operatic technique to an unusually dark story" in "Une chambre en ville" ("A Room in Town", 1982). "L'événement le plus important depuis que l'homme a marché sur la lune (1973) ("A Slightly Pregnant Man")" is a look back at the pressures of second-wave feminism in France and the fears it elicited in men. "Lady Oscar" (1979), based on the Japanese manga series "The Rose of Versailles", has been discussed and analyzed for its queer and political subtext (the title character is born female, her father raises her as a male so she can get ahead in 18th-century French aristocracy, and she eventually falls in love with her surrogate brother, a working-class revolutionary).