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as far as I'm concerned, anyone who likes skydiving is a madman
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In the gray daylight of the first days of Syria’s freedom, its citizens appear so far to be behaving not like unrestrained madmen but like traumatized, decent people worthy of their liberty, delivered even by an erstwhile jihadist.
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Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
This is clearly the work of the magnificent madman who made two Step Up movies.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
When Robert De Niro’s veteran firefighter provokes the psychopath during a parole hearing, Sutherland’s confession of desire is chillingly, obscenely joyful — the spectacle of a madman unable to contain his lusty appetite for destruction.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 25 June 2024
With its slow-build suspense, harrowing sound editing, and the indelible sight of a towering madman in a butcher’s apron, a mask of human flesh, and the buzzing power tool of the title, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre becomes a full-body workout of fear and dread.
—Chris Nashawaty, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2024
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Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
This is clearly the work of the magnificent madman who made two Step Up movies.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
When Robert De Niro’s veteran firefighter provokes the psychopath during a parole hearing, Sutherland’s confession of desire is chillingly, obscenely joyful — the spectacle of a madman unable to contain his lusty appetite for destruction.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 25 June 2024
With its slow-build suspense, harrowing sound editing, and the indelible sight of a towering madman in a butcher’s apron, a mask of human flesh, and the buzzing power tool of the title, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre becomes a full-body workout of fear and dread.
—Chris Nashawaty, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Madman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/madman. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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madman
noun
mad·man
ˈmad-ˌman 
-mən
: a man who is or who acts as if mentally unsound
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