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Hands are stabbed, feet are liquidated, fingers are severed, bodies are impaled (at one point an entire butcher block of kitchen knives has to be used to subdue Todd), an ear and a nose are bitten off, shotgun holes are blown into faces, and prison rape is treated as a parlor game.
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 15 Mar. 2026
Politicking as a nasty parlor game is Carolyn’s introduction to the Kennedys.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2026
During the creation process, the composers were essentially set to play a version of the Surrealist parlor game Exquisite Corpse.
—Laura Regensdorf, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2026
Remember playing demented parlor games that Wiig made up?
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2026
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 15 Mar. 2026
Politicking as a nasty parlor game is Carolyn’s introduction to the Kennedys.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2026
During the creation process, the composers were essentially set to play a version of the Surrealist parlor game Exquisite Corpse.
—Laura Regensdorf, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2026
Remember playing demented parlor games that Wiig made up?
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2026
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“Parlor game.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parlor%20game. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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