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the villain in the movie cackled with demonic laughter
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Wake Up and Open Your Eyes, by Clay McLeod Chapman (January 7)
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Chapman’s nightmare road-trip Wake Up and Open Your Eyes is driven by a kicker of a timely concept: a national epidemic of mass demonic possession, caused by prolonged exposure to polarizing media.
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Vulture Editors, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
But one patient has a strange variation on the condition, where real-world faces appear demonic but those on screens look fine.
—New Atlas, 2 Jan. 2025
Instead, Einhard used a local story of demonic possession of a young girl to make the critique for him, likely drawing on broader widespread views of the recent turmoil.
—Matthew Gabriele, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
For Koreans at that time (and to some extent even now), Karl Marx was not just a historical figure but a kind of demonic being symbolizing the world of darkness.
—Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
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Vulture Editors, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
But one patient has a strange variation on the condition, where real-world faces appear demonic but those on screens look fine.
—New Atlas, 2 Jan. 2025
Instead, Einhard used a local story of demonic possession of a young girl to make the critique for him, likely drawing on broader widespread views of the recent turmoil.
—Matthew Gabriele, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
For Koreans at that time (and to some extent even now), Karl Marx was not just a historical figure but a kind of demonic being symbolizing the world of darkness.
—Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
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“Demonic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/demonic. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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