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the painting was just a mishmash of colors and abstract shapes as far as we could tell
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Half-prank, half-pastiche and 100% punk rock, the film’s mishmash aesthetics are due to the many artists who volunteered to build out Drew’s gender-bending Gotham City by any means necessary, from animation to stop-motion to miniatures.
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Amy Nicholson, Twin Cities, 1 Mar. 2025
Music-wise, the lush film is set to a mishmash of existing hits by the likes of U2 and Whitney Houston, plus a few covers and original songs—because why reinvent the entire wheel?
—Vogue, 15 Feb. 2025
Unlike Paris, with its mishmash of eclectic architectural styles, Toulouse has a much more unified look, and it's characterized by its eye-catching, terra-cotta brick buildings.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 5 Feb. 2025
But the film is a total mess, start to finish: a mishmash of It and some military-thriller, monster-movie clichés culminating in a junky special-effects ending that barely makes sense.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025
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Amy Nicholson, Twin Cities, 1 Mar. 2025
Music-wise, the lush film is set to a mishmash of existing hits by the likes of U2 and Whitney Houston, plus a few covers and original songs—because why reinvent the entire wheel?
—Vogue, 15 Feb. 2025
Unlike Paris, with its mishmash of eclectic architectural styles, Toulouse has a much more unified look, and it's characterized by its eye-catching, terra-cotta brick buildings.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 5 Feb. 2025
But the film is a total mess, start to finish: a mishmash of It and some military-thriller, monster-movie clichés culminating in a junky special-effects ending that barely makes sense.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025
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“Mishmash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mishmash. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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mishmash
noun
mish·mash
ˈmish-ˌmash 
-ˌmäsh
: hodgepodge, jumble
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