“Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story,” the oddly titled, fictional true-crime series from “American Horror Story,” Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan, debuted on Netflix last week with an LGBTQ category tag. But after the uproar of the people, Netflix quietly removed it. (This was gone two days after the series premiered.)
While “Dahmer” has broken records for the streaming service, it has also generated significant controversy, with fans unhappy that the streamer has placed an LGBTQ label on the series. Netflix typically uses the tag on more positive LGBTQ content like the breakout series “Heartstopper” and “Sex Education.” “Dahmer” is, of course, based on the life and crimes of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer (played on the show by Murphy regular Evan Peters), who murdered 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991.
In addition to the LGBTQ controversy, some families of Dahmer’s victims have also spoken out about how unnecessary the show is. “It’s shocking again and again, and for what? How many movies/shows/documentaries do we need?” Written by Eric PerryThe brother of Rita Isbell, whose brother Errol Lindsay was killed by the killer.
Her rousing testimony in court was iconic and is repeated in almost exactly the same way throughout the series. as a response to Wrote a piece for Insider Saying how he felt seeing the entertainment. “When I watched some shows, it bothered me, especially when I saw myself – when I saw my name on screen and this woman was literally saying what I said,” she wrote.
Still, the controversy did nothing to slow the pace of “Dahmer,” which clocked an astonishing 196.2 million hours in its first five days alone. That was enough to earn the distinction of being the most-watched first week for any Netflix series, including blockbusters like “Squid Game.” ha it is that huge,
TheWrap reached out to Netflix to confirm the change and the reasoning behind it; They have yet to answer.
