The Netflix series “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story» in the first days of broadcasting managed to exceed one billion hours of viewing and become a topic of discussion. Ryan Murphy’s popular series with Evan Peters in the title role, which managed to stay for 7 weeks in the global Top 10 Netflix in 92 countries, however, it was a topic of discussion for another reason.
The reason was LGBTQ label placed by the Netflix platform to determine that the series contains content concerning her LGBT community.
The label caused backlash with effect Netflix to remove it. A move which does not agree with the director of the series, Ryan Murphy.
Ryan Murphy disagrees with Netflix removing ‘Dahmer’ from the LGBTQ tag:
“It’s about homophobia. My job as an artist is to hold up a mirror about what happened. It’s not pretty… sometimes, some of this outrage is directed at the frame of the mirror instead of the reflection.” pic.twitter.com/11Cu7C3tfI
— Pop Base (@PopBase) December 12, 2022
In a recent interview with VarietyRyan Murphy emphasized that he “personally disagreed” with the removal of the tag from “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story».
“This is homophobia” Murphy pointed out and added that: “My job as an artist is to hold up a mirror to what happened. It’s ugly. It’s not pretty. Do you want to see it? If you want, check it out. If you don’t want to, look away and sometimes some of that resentment is directed at the frame of the mirror instead of the reflection.”
DAHMER – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story has officially surpassed 1 billion hours viewed!
The series — from Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan — is only the third Netflix series to reach this milestone, joining Stranger Things 4 and Squid Game. pic.twitter.com/zZqHJKY5xE
— Netflix (@netflix) December 5, 2022
The LGBTQ mention in the series caused “wave» reactions. Most users on social media criticized the subscription platform, how he romanticized the serial killer’s crimes against the gay community and conveyed a negative image of LGBTI people.
Source: News Beast

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