First things first: Evan Peters is great. Which isn't surprising, especially for those who watched American Horror Story. He deserves an award for this interpretation of Dahmer, as far as I'm concerned.
But everything else is just... Boring. It's not supposed to be gore or visceral, but Netflix's approach is a little bit too soft for this kind of story. Not only that, it lacks historical accuracy. By "saving" viewers from certain details of Dahmer's crimes, people who didn't know the story beforehand might still be unaware of the full extent of his madness, by the end of this series, and yes, that fact contributes to the feeling of empathy that many of the viewers might develop for him, throughout the story.
I'm being purposely vague, so I don't spoil anything, but in the end, I'm very disappointed, the 6 out of 10 is just because I loved E. P's performance, nothing else.
But everything else is just... Boring. It's not supposed to be gore or visceral, but Netflix's approach is a little bit too soft for this kind of story. Not only that, it lacks historical accuracy. By "saving" viewers from certain details of Dahmer's crimes, people who didn't know the story beforehand might still be unaware of the full extent of his madness, by the end of this series, and yes, that fact contributes to the feeling of empathy that many of the viewers might develop for him, throughout the story.
I'm being purposely vague, so I don't spoil anything, but in the end, I'm very disappointed, the 6 out of 10 is just because I loved E. P's performance, nothing else.
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