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Reyes’ borderline preternatural resilience quickly becomes an amusing running gag in a movie that plays like the most splatterific Looney Tunes cartoon ever made.
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Joe Leydon, Variety, 8 May 2025
And though it’s been a running joke and meme online the last few days, Yang took it mainstream.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 24 Apr. 2025
Growing up, his parents and siblings — an older sister and a younger brother — had a running joke that Max would get famous and move them all into a higher tax bracket.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2025
Her focus on the Williams case became a running joke in the department.
—Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
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Joe Leydon, Variety, 8 May 2025
And though it’s been a running joke and meme online the last few days, Yang took it mainstream.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 24 Apr. 2025
Growing up, his parents and siblings — an older sister and a younger brother — had a running joke that Max would get famous and move them all into a higher tax bracket.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2025
Her focus on the Williams case became a running joke in the department.
—Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
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“Running joke/gag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/running%20joke%2Fgag. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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