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Some of this slashing and burning can be explained by the old-fashioned small-government fanaticism of administration personnel like Russell Vought, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget.
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Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
The fan fanaticism and audience interaction that led to its midnight-movie cult status have helped make The Rocky Horror Picture Show the longest-running theatrical release in history.
—Katherine Turman, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
Hate or fanaticism can end a life in an instant, hundreds of yards from the victim.
—Gregory P. Magarian, The Conversation, 10 Oct. 2025
While the tone and formula hasn’t changed too drastically, the movies do not earn as much money or inspire the same fanaticism.
—Andrew McGowan, Variety, 8 Aug. 2025
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Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
The fan fanaticism and audience interaction that led to its midnight-movie cult status have helped make The Rocky Horror Picture Show the longest-running theatrical release in history.
—Katherine Turman, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
Hate or fanaticism can end a life in an instant, hundreds of yards from the victim.
—Gregory P. Magarian, The Conversation, 10 Oct. 2025
While the tone and formula hasn’t changed too drastically, the movies do not earn as much money or inspire the same fanaticism.
—Andrew McGowan, Variety, 8 Aug. 2025
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“Fanaticism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fanaticism. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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fanaticism
noun
fa·nat·i·cism
fə-ˈnat-ə-ˌsiz-əm 
: fanatic outlook or behavior especially as exhibited by excessive enthusiasm, unreasoning zeal, or wild and extravagant notions on some subject
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