Elizabeth Olsen's Love & Death Apparently Sympathizes With the Killer

[shangri__la]

Elizabeth Olsen is very good in LOVE & DEATH, an otherwise terrible and tasteless show that ponders the question: what if a suburban housewife deserved to get hacked to death with an axe and her killer was the real victim all along? https://t.co/0Tv1uzWHXr
- Meghan O’Keefe (@megsokay) April 20, 2023
While Elizabeth Olsen is fantastic in HBO's

Comments

[kimda]

I can’t believe the Jessica Biel version is better. I can’t believe we’re still making shows about this murderer.

[buries]

I can't believe we're making shows about murderers period. If we have to, why can't we include families of victims and/or survivors? I hate this world, sis.

[kimda]

I hate it too 😭 the complete lack of inclusion of any of the surviving family members, starting with whether or not they’re okay with the damn things getting made in the first place, is all that I need to know. So sick.

[buries]

Like I get mad just hearing the misinformation about people I love. I can't imagine what it's like to have someone you care about who was murdered be mischaracterised or continuously spoken about in the context of their murder. It's just traumatic af.

[pin_stripe]

BOOOOO

[angriest_girl]

That’s what happens when true crime becomes a form of entertainment. Fuck the victims.

[askrubes]

In Western Australia we had a big case around the Claremont Serial Killer who was found guilty of multiple murders in the 90s last year. They just aired a telemovie about it and it just angers me more than anything.

[angriest_girl]

I remember that case quite well - the media went nuts when Ciara Glennon went missing. That was the confirmation of a serial killer; not very common here, so it was all anyone talked about for ages. I did see a bit of a trailer on TV for something and thought it sounded like that case. I’m not surprised they’ve done that since the killer was only caught a few years ago so that would have revived “interest” (gross) in it.

[askrubes]

Yeah, I'm from there. He was found guilty last year I believe.
I live about 20-25 minutes away from Claremont.
Channel 7 did it, Kate Richie was in it.

[wonheaux]

it's almost like dramatic, fictionalized interpretations shouldn't be made of real life murder victims.

edit: and also their murderers that portray them as sympathetic or romanticizes them.

[goldenhera]

You'd think that the writers would have an ounce of sympathy for a woman who was viciously murdered while her fucking baby was in the house. The poor child was left for hours wailing in their crib while their mom was dead on the floor but no its the murderer who is the most sympathetic figure. Also, according to the Texas Monthly article, Candy's retelling of the events was heavily guided by repressed memory therapy which is extremely suspect. NGL, I don't believe it was self defense at all.

[ellie_andrews]

I was thinking about that poor baby too. This woman's children are still around & have to see this mess. :(

[kerosene_pill]

angry react is on behalf of the kids, because that pisses me off for them >:(

[euraylie]

Repressed memory therapy, I believe, has been completely thrown out now as an investigative tool, and rightly so. It’s such BS