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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What difference is there between this and movies shows about the Holocaust? Or movies like Wolf of Wall Street about a guy who inflicted severe financial harm on many people.? Or being entertained by every war movie ever made showing deaths of soldiers?  The fact that this makes your skin crawl means acting is good. Many of us were too young to remember all.of the details and haven't gone out of our way to read up on Dahmer.[/quote]
What’s the difference? For one thing, movies about the Holocaust are frequently about the machine and the everyday people that let an atrocity on that scale happen. Same thing with a guy who tanked markets and ruined people - there’s a political message, it’s still ongoing This stuff? This type of stuff always feels a bit like a snuff film. In a sense, it’s pornographic. You’re watching a program about a guy who killed and ate his victims and tortured them for his own sexual pleasure. [/quote]I just finished the series. I’d say it’s about 50% snuff film, 50% condemnation of the system that created Dahmer and allowed the killings to continue. They really delve into police indifference and violence against black and brown communities, discrimination against gay people, the AIDS crisis, mental health for women, domestic violence and emotional abuse, political posturing and the power of police unions, among others. They spend a great deal of time focusing on the stories of his father, mother, victims, and especially on the longterm suffering and continued traumatization of the victim’s families and neighbors. But there are also plenty of voyeuristic, gruesome scenes that can and do override those messages. So just know what you’re getting into. I think parts of this were well done and worth exploring. But they pandered to the true crime audience too much with the gore. [/quote]

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