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ReasonedBeing t1_iu8g1pu wrote

I wonder why there's been a recent outcry against portraying serial killers in movies. I have heard so much criticism of the Dahmer series, but not about this 2007 movie. Is it because we are living in woke times now?

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DickiesAndChucks t1_iu8x55e wrote

No, it's because Ryan Murphy is exploitative, has fetishized Dahmer as a misunderstood, hot, sexy gay by casting Evan Peters, and loves to indulgently linger on gore, grief, and trauma.

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raptors661 t1_iuaf5x3 wrote

In every scene the Zodiac appears, he's portrayed differently and by a different actor. It doesn't glorify his violence or his character. Dahmer, on the other hand, does. Dahmer would have been better if it solely focused on the victims. You don't see Zodiac flashing back in time and showing lil Zodiac as a kid cutting up roadkill.

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