dreadful
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"Dreadful rich people make for brilliant TV, but it is rare to see their privileges and prejudices skewered with such relentless precision," said The Evening Standard's Katie Rosseinsky, awarding it five stars.
From BBC • Aug. 18, 2021
This year, she’s having a bit of a television revival: Both Perry Mason and the current season of Penny Dreadful feature McPherson figures.
From Slate • Jun. 28, 2020
The original "Penny Dreadful" provided that in tremendous style while making the most of Eva Green's polished versatility.
From Salon • Apr. 26, 2020
All hell’s about to break loose in 1930s Los Angeles in the supernatural spinoff “Penny Dreadful: City of Angels.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2020
Dreadful as the Dead Marshes had been, and the arid moors of the Noman-lands, more loathsome far was the country that the crawling day now slowly unveiled to his shrinking eyes.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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