By: Natasha Archary
The spine-chilling series, Dahmer on Netflix has been a trending since making its No.1 ranking debut earlier this month.
A fictionalized retelling of the terror that serial killer, Jeffrey Dahmer reigned down between 1978 and 1991, had the Kaya Drive team questioning whether or not the show glorifies a monster.
If you’ve been brave enough to sit through the entire 10-episode series, you would have a neutral perspective and be level-headed enough to know that no, that isn’t the case.
Because what the series, writers, producers, actors and directors did with Dahmer, was show unequivocally how the law failed so many victims and families.
Understandably, there are some who share Katleho Sekhotho’s views, and choose not to watch the show out of sensitivity to the victims’ families.
“Why would anyone want to watch how Jeffrey Dahmer dismembered his victims, ate their flesh and kept trophies of his victims?”
For true crime fans, getting into the psyche of a serial killer is a fascinating journey, and understanding Dahmer’s body language or mindset at the time goes a long way into profiling other murderers.
Ethics and psychology aside, Dahmer is dark and reliving the final moments for all 17 of his victims does not make the series an easy watch.
Does the series glorify Dahmer?
Again, this is subjective and depends entirely on each viewers individual takeaways are. With Netflix set to make millions from the series, the streaming platform has another series on Dahmer’s killing spree which lasted 13-years.
Conversations with a killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes, offers views unguarded interviews and confessions with Dahmer.
One might argue that Netflix used the victims pain and their families painful reality to cash in and make easy money for the sake of entertainment, but isn’t that what happened post 911, or after the 2004 Tsunami?
Tragic real-life events were turned into movies to give people a “realistic” depiction of what happened.
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