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The Ed Gein Story and All’s Fair were met with critical hostility — the first is a thematically repetitive and exploitative condemnation of true crime and the audience who loves it, the second a bizarrely overqualified ensemble of acting titans playing second fiddle to Kim Kardashian.
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Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 17 Nov. 2025
Mark Stoops is far more experienced in a head coach capacity in this fixture and will vividly remember the days of playing second fiddle to Florida in this matchup.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025
Dubar has also had to contend with playing second fiddle to some NFL-caliber running backs in his time at Boise State.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 5 Nov. 2025
The Los Angeles Dodgers have often played second fiddle to the New York Yankees in baseball’s history books.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 27 Oct. 2025
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Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 17 Nov. 2025
Mark Stoops is far more experienced in a head coach capacity in this fixture and will vividly remember the days of playing second fiddle to Florida in this matchup.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025
Dubar has also had to contend with playing second fiddle to some NFL-caliber running backs in his time at Boise State.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 5 Nov. 2025
The Los Angeles Dodgers have often played second fiddle to the New York Yankees in baseball’s history books.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 27 Oct. 2025
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“Second fiddle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/second%20fiddle. Accessed 25 Nov. 2025.
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