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Word: sadistically (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...famous as Jake was for being able to take it in the ring, he was even more notorious for dishing it out at home. Half brutal patriarch, half petulant child, he played the suspicious sadist to his wife Vickie, his brother Joey, his best friend Pete Petrella. Pete stood up to Jake's insults, and stood by as his hard-luck friend; later, under the name Peter Savage, he helped Jake write his autobiography and served as consulting producer to the Raging Bull company. In the film, Pete's history is subsumed into the character of Joey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Animal House | 11/24/1980 | See Source »

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