Her confrontational approach has made her the scourge of many of the powers that be in her country.
John Fairchild, the former publisher of Women's Wear Daily, once called her the scourge of the press.
There is little question that Ms. Warren has become a hero to liberals who see her as a scourge of the banking industry.
"Glaube" focuses on her sister, Anna Maria, played by Maria Hofstätter, who after the failure of her marriage to a Muslim immigrant, has taken up an extreme form of Catholicism, constantly praying, mortifying her flesh by scourging herself and shuffling around her apartment on her knees until they bleed.
They become the scourge of her work day: she cannot separate her understanding of herself from these flowers on her desk.
In this role, the daughter of a Baptist minister from North Carolina had made her name as a scourge of organised crime kingpins and bent government officials alike.
But for younger audiences who know her only as the scourge of the red carpet, she has a cultural freshness, which they seem to enjoy not only as kitsch, but also at face value.
Mrs. Lincoln, who is facing a difficult race for re-election, is running in part on her credentials as a scourge of Wall Street, and she made the ban on derivatives trading a signature issue as she narrowly prevailed in a contested primary election.
Then terrifyingly unrecognisable as mad Gran, the scourge of her home helps: "She said 'Don't you want me coming up 'ere no more because you feel your independence slipping away?' "I said 'Naow, I don't want you coming up 'ere no more because you're a fucking fief.'" I bet she had to fight like a tigress not to be billed as Kate Tate.
So what can we do to keep Rose and others like her free from the scourge of trafficking?
