The grotesques were decorative stone faces around the castle.
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Adam Fox,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
The script, by Ed Solomon, treats the Sklar siblings as cardboard grotesques—heartless, talentless, united in their loathing of a father who loathes them right back.
People are turned into wolves, there are ogres and undead creatures of the sea who lure others to their demise.
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Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
7 June 2026
In recent weeks, social media users, especially on X, have been noticing increasing references to goblins, along with other fantasy creatures such as gremlins, ogres and trolls in ChatGPT’s answers to user queries.
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