Mad
Poorly
Poorly adjective - Temporarily suffering from a disorder of the body.
Both words in one sentence
- In MAD, during the parody of Fatal Attraction, the dog serves as this, objecting to his owner's immoral and poorly thought out actions.
Source: Only Sane Man / Comic Books -
Though the earliest issues of MAD sold poorly, by 1954 it had attracted a slew of imitators (one of them, Panic, published by EC Comics, MAD's own publisher).
Source: Faux to Guide - His first movie, Diary of a Mad Black Woman, actually received decent reviews, but his later movies have been poorly received by critics but made quite a bit of money.
Source: Same Story, Different Names
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