fool's paradise

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Noun
  • With love, with longing, with righteous rage or shameful guilt, on a sacrificial pyre or in the eternal flames of hell: There are so many ways to burn.
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 14 Aug. 2025
  • An original work set in the world of 1950s ping pong culture, the film tells the story of Marty Mauser (Chalamet), a young man with a dream no one respects, who goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • For his third feature, Villalobos dives into the thriller genre for the first time with a story set against the backdrop of a tropical dystopia.
    Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 26 June 2025
  • Alex was at that time writing a screenplay that would become the classic 2002 zombie dystopia film 28 Days Later.
    Kazuo Ishiguro May 5, Literary Hub, 5 May 2025
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“Fool's paradise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fool%27s%20paradise. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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