After the family of Errol Lindsey, a young man killed by Jeffrey Dahmer, complained about the Netflix series “Dahmer: An American Cannibal”, yet another family member of a victim of the serial killer spoke out against the production.
Despite all the ratings success, the Netflix series starring Evan Peters, “Dahmer: An American Cannibal”, has been engulfed in controversy since its release. Over the past few weeks, the series has experienced negative reactions in several respects.
Among them is the fact that Netflix initially placed the series in the “LGBTQ series” category. The next stream removed the tag from the series, after many complaints. However, the main negative reaction came from the families of Jeffrey Dahmer’s victims, especially Errol Lindsey’s sister and cousin.
Now another family member has spoken about one of the people Dahmer killed. This time it was Shirley Hughes, 85, who spoke about the series for the first time. When she was approached by The Guardian, the mother of Tony Hughes, who was murdered by Jeffrey Dahmer at the age of 31 in 1991, commented on the episode focusing on the dead son.
“I don’t see how they can do it. I don’t see how they can use our names and spread this stuff like that, “Shirley Hughes told The Guardian. She followed,” It didn’t happen that way, “and then, according to the news outlet, politely ended the call after admitting that. it was still very difficult for her to talk about her son’s death.
“Dahmer: An American Cannibal” was created by Ryan Murphy and his longtime collaborator Ian Brennan. The series stars Evan Peters in the role of the infamous Milwaukee killer, who has directed his crimes against gays and blacks.
Tony’s interactions with Dahmer aren’t the only aspects of his life explored in episode 6, titled “Silent”. The episode highlights how he lost his hearing as a child when a doctor wrongly prescribed him drugs, his aspirations of him as a role model, how he communicated with handwritten notes and his close bond with his mother and her. sister.
In the series, Hughes is played by deaf actor and former reality TV star Rodney Burford and meets Dahmer on a night out. It is implied that, after spending the night together, Dahmer kills him and later donates money to a search organized by his victim’s mother and other relatives, following Tony’s sudden attack.
Shortly after the premiere of “Dahmer”, Errol Lindsey’s cousin Eric Perry explained via Twitter that his family discovered the series at the same time as everyone else. “They don’t warn families when they do. They are all public records, so they don’t need to notify (or pay!) Anyone. “
“So when they say they do it ‘respecting the victims’ or ‘honoring the dignity of families’, no one contacts them. My cousins wake up every few months with lots of calls and texts and they know there is another set of Dahmer. It’s cruel. “
Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested after a man he lured to his apartment escaped and alerted authorities in 1991. The serial killer, who killed 17 people, was sentenced to life in prison the following year, but to He was eventually beaten to death by another prisoner in 1994, when he was 34 years old.
“Dahmer: An American Cannibal”, which has already entered the list of the most viewed series in the history of Netflix, the platform on which it is available.
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