Dahmer Receives Backlash From Viewers, Netflix Removes LGBTQ Tag From the True Crime Series

Earlier this month, Netflix premiered the ten-part true crime series DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story. Evan Peters portrays serial killer, necrophile, pedophile, and cannibal Jeffrey Dahmer, who, over 13 years, killed and dismembered 17 people.

The miniseries DAHMER, which Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan co-created, is by no means the first to depict this serial killer and sex offender. From podcasts to television shows to movies, there is a well-documented excess of true crime entertainment, and many audiences are interested in such material. The popularity of true crime has led to severe debates about psychology and ethics.

One day after the first episode of the Netflix show came out, "Dahmer" was one of the most searched terms in the US. On the other hand, the way it treats the families of Dahmer's victims has been criticized and made people angry. Instead, it was said that the production did not connect with people, Mashable reported.

Dahmer Receives Backlash From Viewers and His Victims' Families

The true crime miniseries is currently the most popular show on Netflix, breaking the record for the most hours watched in the first week of a show on the streaming service with 196.2 million. However, many people are upset that the show "romanticizes" Jeffrey Dahmer's murders again.

Peters said that he and the Dahmer series creators cared about the victims and their families and tried to tell the story accurately. He also said he was "very scared" to take on the role and "commit" to playing the character in the series.

Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story is also getting bad reviews from the family of one of Jeffrey Dahmer's victims. They say that they were not asked about the Netflix documentary before it came out and that they found out about it at the "same time as everyone else," according to Yahoo Life.

Rita Isbell, the sister of one of Jeffrey Dahmer's victims, Errol Lindsey, penned Insider about how she suffers from reliving the tragedy by watching the series.

In Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, Isbell gives a moving victim impact statement at Dahmer's 1992 sentencing hearing. She says that the scene is acted out "verbatim" in the series.

Isbell stated that Netflix never got in touch with her.

"I feel like Netflix should've asked if we mind or how we felt about making it. They didn't ask me anything. They just did it. But I'm not money hungry, and that's what this show is about, Netflix trying to get paid," she added.

Netflix Removes LGBTQ Tag to Dahmer True Crime Series

The new Netflix series about serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was at first labeled as LGBTQ content since Dahmer and most of his victims were gay men, Movieweb posted.

The problem is that this was not the kind of representation that the LGBTQ community wanted. But Netflix put the tag LGBTQ alongside words like "ominous," "psychological," "horror," "vintage crime," and "dark." It sparked tons of adverse reactions on various social media sites.

Netflix saw the negative reactions and acted on them. The streamer removed the LGBTQ tag from Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.

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Written by: Bert Hoover

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