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A well-known local color author was , George Washington Cable , Kate Chopin , and Mary Noailles Murfree .

Failed attempts to use local color correctly have resulted in considerable criticism for some authors.

The term has come to mean any device which implies a specific ''locus'', whether it be geographical or temporal. Widely used in the theatre and especially on television, ''local color'' is often used derisively when a device becomes a cliché. In this sense, local color can be found in Shakespeare .