‘Dahmer’ Just Had Netflix’s Biggest Series Debut on Record

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Netflix’s “Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” just had the streaming service’s most-watched Week 1 for a new series on record (not returning series

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[tobesurrounded]

i just don't get the true crime obsession

[bruxelles]

I can understand it to a certain extent but what I really don't get is the hunger people apparently have for watered down reenactments of stories that have been covered a million times already

[musicnkisses]

I don’t either but everyone has an excuse about why they like it or why it’s okay or why it’s informative. Watching this isn’t all that different from the true crime podcasts so many people like. 🤷🏾‍♀️

[goldenhera]

People have been fascinated by murder and grisly crimes forever so, in that regard, I am not surprised. What I don't understand is people acting as though these are ~just stories~ and not the lives of actual people. At least in the 20s when people were fascinated by this shit they couldn't speak to the victims family on Facebook.

[swissbeauty23]

yeah I think a fascination with violence/death is totally natural to a degree, in part because it's so taboo, and in part because it's so real and a terrifying possibility

[chllschse]

Yep. Lizzie Borden would like a word. Not a new thing - still creepy and this new trend of making a series out of this stuff is also creepy.

[rihaty]

I have an undeveloped and unsupported theory that as it's mostly women who are fascinated with it, it has something to do with the fact that we typically are the victims and maybe it's some sort of subconscious defense-thing. Not really the case with Dahmer though since his victims were male.

[nutellawhore]

ia. I'm ngl I like reading about it but not in a morbid lemme sensationalize way and def not in a SK fangirl way (ew) but I've lost many hours reading about crimes and disappearances. I do have enough brains to empathize with the family/victims and not talk about it as if it's some big fun.

[whatsyourtakeon]

Speaking of SK fangirls this reminded me of an animated shorts doc i saw a few years ago about two women who dated (married?) Richard Ramirez while he was incarcerated. The absurdity of it all was captured so well in the animation style, it was so wtf.

[nutellawhore]

ohhh do you have the name?

SK fangirls are sick in the head. Remember the Boston Bomber that even Times or whatever magazine put this flattering photo of him on the cover?

But there is a psychological explanation to why people are more forgiving of people who are perceived as beautiful. See, that's the science side that I find fascinating. They even did a study where they split two groups A and B and they both had to judge a criminal. Group A had a pretty one and Group B a considered "ugly" one. Group A was a lot more lenient than Group B.

https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/beauty-bias-justice/

[whatsyourtakeon]

I found it! I think this is just a trailer/short clip tho

[whatsyourtakeon]

I cant edit my post but I just learned that the director herself corresponded with Ramirez and now I dont know what to think of the film :/

[nutellawhore]

irkkkkkkks but sounds fascinating

[msbombtastic]

I think that's a part of it for sure.

[my_moloko]

I think that at least in the case of serial killers it’s simply wondering how their brain works. It goes so deeply against human nature you just wonder how someone ends up like that. Admittedly I did watch the show and in the final episode there was a scene about how they wanted to examine his brain. I think it’s natural to wonder how a human being becomes such a monster and nature vs nurture.

[swissbeauty23]

I love thrillers and horror but anything based on Real Events has to be handled delicately or it's kind of a turn-off for me honestly

like I thought Under the Banner of Heaven did a fantastic job retelling that fucked up story and showing just how sick that family was and how horrific those men were while also honoring the victims. similarly Mindhunter was a fascinating deconstruction of toxic masculinity.

BUT...when it's just shock and gratuitous...nah