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Sep 22, 2022Liked by Best Evidence

I know very little about Dahmer, and I really liked the RM series about Andrew Cunanan*, so I will probably watch it... unless I find out it has graphic scenes of cannibalism. I can't handle that.

*to be fair, a lot of that had to do with Judith Light, and with Aimee Mann singing "Drive"

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Sep 22, 2022Liked by Best Evidence

I watched the first episode of Dahmer, realized it was ten episodes long, and then questioned whether I wanted to subject myself to, really, any of his grizzly crimes. I decided I didn't, so I skipped to episode 7, which basically just continues where episode 1 leaves off, and features Niecy Nash a lot, and then watched episode 10, so I could see him get killed in prison. And that's all I need out of "Dahmer - Monster: The Jefferey Dahmer Story"! (Also anyone else get "Anvil! The Story of Anvil" vibe from that title??)

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I’m absolutely loving the show so far. I’m usually the contrarian in these comments streets, so as SDB says, I’ll see myself out. Haa.

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VF's Richard Lawson interrogates the series far more crisply than I managed: https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/netflixs-dahmer-cant-conquer-its-grim-fascination

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I finished watching it and loved it. I didn't fully know the story nor did I know it took place an hour or so where I'm living now. Crazy. I feel like it was a good portrayal of the story (although I've seen where the victims family didn't even know about this coming out so I kind of dislike that part). Kinda reminds me of Candy. I used to study film and all that, so I really loved them silencing scenes to put us right with those who were deaf to try to understand their life.

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