King Kong
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Some films cast the King of the Monsters as a protector unconsciously joining humanity – and occasionally, King Kong – to fend off some mammoth existential evil.
From Salon ● Mar. 20, 2026
“You’d have to be King Kong to break this.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
"It was very clear from King Kong to Frankenstein to Creature from the Black Lagoon that all the monsters were the most emotional. The humans were the ones that scared me," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2024
“He’s the King Kong of Republican politics,” Whit Ayres, who worked for Florida Sen. Marco Rubio’s presidential campaign in 2016, said in an interview leading up to Trump officially securing the nomination.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 14, 2024
There was going to be a battle something like if Godzilla met King Kong, or if Frankenstein met Dracula, or like when champion wresder Bobo Brazil meets the Sheik!
From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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