😍 2022-10-16 22:46:34 – Paris/France.
The 10 episode miniseries Monster: The Story of Jeffrey Dahmerwhich premiered on Netflix on September 21, features a series of moments from the original report of the horrific murders Dahmer carried out over several years.
What we know:
Between 1978 and 1991, Dahmer murdered and dismembered 17 mostly black men and boys. The intent of the series from directors Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan is to project the voices of their victims and shine a light on the racial injustices that have allowed the killer to continue killing with impunity.
Evan Peters plays Jeffrey Dahmer, and in an interview with Netflix he commented, “I got really scared of the things he (Dahmer) did. Diving into this story and committing to the character is absolutely one of the hardest things I've had to do in my entire life. »
As we said, the series is "based on a true story", but that can mean a wide range of interpretations of events.
Although the series is quite consistent with the information reported by the milwaukeejournal and milwaukee sentry, as well as the book of the former reporter of the journal Anne E. Schwartz, on the subject ("Monster: The True Story of the Jeffrey Dahmer Murders") there are a few moments in the story that deviate from reality.
Here's a look at the reality and fiction of the series. Disclaimer: Some details may disturb readers, and these details will reveal the events of the series.
- Although Dahmer led a fairly normal life, receiving love from his family, some problems plagued him. For one thing, he was secretly gay and had a fascination with dissecting and slaughtering animals, a practice he would later pass on to humans.
- Dahmer committed his first murder aged 18, before spending 10 months in prison for abusing a child he wanted to photograph, when he picked up a man asking for a ride on the road, took him taken home and after killing him, he masturbated over the corpse. After that, he opened it and masturbated again to finally dismember it and hide its parts in the pipe of his house.
- After his first murder, Dahmer became addicted to alcohol and drugs, and although he went a long time without committing a crime again, he resumed his criminal activity by bringing another man into his home for purposes. criminals. beforehand sex, then kill him.
- His criminal acts began to become increasingly bloody, as not only did he rape corpses, directly linking sex and death, but on some occasions he ate part of his victims, such as brains, and d others he kept in the freezer, which gave him the name "Cannibal of Milwaukee".
- One of the biggest changes from the actual events is the character of Glenda Cleveland (Niecy Nash). In the series, she lives with Jeffrey Dahmer (Evan Peters), who resides in apartment 213 of the Oxford Apartments, on 25th Street in Milwaukee. I mean, he lived in a building next door. It seems likely that the show was trying to merge Cleveland and its neighbor Pamela Bass into one character. It was Bass who said that Dahmer was making sandwiches for others in the building, which becomes the subject of an ominous exchange between Dahmer's and Cleveland's characters later in the series.
- Dahmer showed Tracy Edwards (Shaun J. Brown) “The Exorcist”. The man who escaped from Dahmer's apartment and then led police to where Dahmer was discovered (although he said in an interview that he was 'The Exorcist III') . Another of Dahmer's favorite films, "Return of the Jedi", is also mentioned in the series.
- How many locks were there on Dahmer's door? Edwards' story changed in the aftermath of Dahmer's arrest, including appearances on talk shows in which he discussed the numerous locks on the door, while photos from the scene showed only one. of them.
- Evidence police found in the apartment during the episode, from painted skulls to heads on the refrigerator, were actual details of the scene.
- Milwaukee police officers turned the Konerak Sinthasomphone victim back to Dahmer, later radioing that they needed to be "deloused." The killer had convinced the cops that the disoriented 14-year-old girl was in fact his girlfriend. went back to his car and called by radio. They later reported that the smell they observed in the apartment sounded like someone had just used the toilet and not something more sinister.
- Both officers, along with a third who aided them (Rick Porubcan), were suspended once Dahmer's murders were discovered, and five more after that night. The two were fired by Police Chief Philip Arreola, then reinstated by a judge in 1994 and went on to long careers in law enforcement.
- Dahmer indeed stole a mannequin from a department store.
- Tenants in Oxford flats complained about the smell and heard screaming
- The building manager spoke to Dahmer about it at least three times, though it's unclear if he was threatened with eviction because he was on the show. Dahmer called the relatives of his victims and threatened them to stop looking for his loved ones, as depicted in the series.
- Again, there's no indication that Cleveland and Dahmer knew each other, so the threatening exchange in which Dahmer insists she eat a sandwich he gave her probably didn't happen.
- In the episode, the show's most effective scene comes near the end of this episode, when the family members can speak in court about the impact of the Dahmer murders on them. This includes a passionate display of rage from Rita Isbell (DaShawn "Dash" Barnes), sister of victim Errol Lindsey. Isbell actually tried to rush the table to attack Dahmer at trial.
- Much of the series focuses on the complicated relationship between Lionel Dahmer (Richard Jenkins) and his son. It is true that Lionel asked Judge William Gardner not to release Dahmer, believing that he needed treatment for alcohol and other urges, which Dahmer did not receive during his time in the prison. correctional facility while serving his sentence for sexual assault.
- In the show, Sandra Smith (Glenda Cleveland's daughter) is arrested for assaulting a voyeur and breaking his camera. There is no trace of that. What happened in real life was that Smith was present the night the police returned the Konerak Sinthasomphone to Dahmer.
- On November 28, 1994, Dahmer was beaten to death by Christopher Scarver, a fellow inmate at Columbia Correctional Institution in Portage, Wisconsin.
SOURCE: Reviews News
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