Dahmer

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Started this on Netflix last night. It’s very good. The first episode in particular is tense AF. Definitely worth a watch if you like the true crime drama stuff.
 
Watched the first 2 episodes last night, I love true crime stuff. Not familiar with the actual story but so far the acting has been brilliant from Evan Peters.
 
On the last episode after binging it, definitely satisfying the hunger for more Mindhunter.

A very well done series, pretty disturbing obviously, but nothing too gratuitous is shown.

Just read the OP of the thread in GD to learn that some of it was even worse than portrayed.

That boy sure ain't right, that boy needs therapy.
 
It's a good watch but certainly isn't enjoyable to watch by design, was better than I thought it would be coming from the writer / director of AHS
 
Dumb question I know, but do the victims families get any say in this show? If they all decide they don’t want it made, is it canned or do they have no say in the matter?
 
Not dumb at all, there's an episode that partly covers the topic of the victims getting compensation for attempts to monetise the story. For example the father writing a book, auctioning off his belongings, and producing a movie. Not sure what the deal would be 30 years later for something like the Netflix series itself.

From the wiki, which they cover in the show, so potential minor spoilers:

Dahmer's estate was awarded to the families of eleven of his victims who had sued for damages. In 1996, Thomas Jacobson, a lawyer representing eight of the families, announced a planned auction of Dahmer's estate. Although victims' relatives stated the motivation was not greed, the announcement sparked controversy.[295][296] A civic group, Milwaukee Civic Pride, was quickly established in an effort to raise the funds to purchase and destroy Dahmer's possessions. The group pledged $407,225, including a $100,000 gift by Milwaukee real estate developer Joseph Zilber, for purchase of Dahmer's estate; five of the eight families represented by Jacobson agreed to the terms, and Dahmer's possessions were subsequently destroyed and buried in an undisclosed Illinois landfill.[297]

Lionel Dahmer is retired and now lives with his second wife, Shari. Both have refused to change their surname and have professed their love of Dahmer in spite of his crimes. In 1994, Lionel published a book, A Father's Story, and donated a portion of the proceeds from his book to the victims' families. Most of the families showed support for Lionel and Shari, although three families subsequently sued Lionel: two for using their names in the book without obtaining prior consent,[298] and a third family—that of Steven Hicks—filing a wrongful death suit against Lionel, Shari, and former wife Joyce, citing parental negligence as the cause for the claim.[299]
 
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What’s tough about it? I keep seeing comments from people saying they’re in tears, having to take a few days away etc etc, get a grip.
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It's basic human empathy to find the extreme suffering of others to be uncomfortable viewing.
 
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