demented
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It’s positively demented, but it’s not insanity for insanity’s sake.
From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026
Doug feverishly bangs out a script and Griff, who plans to star in the remake, calls it “a masterpiece,” though the demented glint in Mr. Black’s eyes assures us it’s anything but.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025
It is, at times, delightfully demented, a family film with a weird streak — perhaps at times even a slightly sinister one.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025
“I just like to soak it in and regurgitate it in my own demented way,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2025
“Oh! I was demented, dreaming of wild, impossible things, recalling men who had set their wives free, we have heard of such things.”
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
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