deranged
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Reviewing the off-Broadway production, our critic praised it as “a freewheeling, not to say completely deranged, spoof.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
Wineman isn’t afraid to spelunk truly deranged depths, but what’s remarkable is how much style he incorporates into the film’s most outré moments.
From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026
The senator from Oklahoma also distanced himself from remarks he made at the time in which he called one of the Americans slain in Minneapolis a "deranged individual."
From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have accused the author of a new royal biography of "deranged conspiracy and melodrama".
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026
Most of his shows were hilarious, others so dark that they sounded maniacal, and he had a studied laugh, not quite a cackle—more a pseudo chuckle—that made him sound deranged.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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