{"id":83174,"date":"2022-09-30T21:55:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T21:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/what-ryan-murphy-and-netflix-get-wrong\/"},"modified":"2022-09-30T21:55:00","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T21:55:00","slug":"what-ryan-murphy-and-netflix-get-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/what-ryan-murphy-and-netflix-get-wrong\/","title":{"rendered":"What Ryan Murphy and Netflix get wrong"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Did Netflix butcher key facts about the notorious Jeffrey Dahmer murders?<\/p>\n<p>The Milwaukee, Wisconsin, crime reporter who broke the news of the infamous serial killer \u2014 who diabolically tortured and murdered 17 boys and men through the late 1970s and early 1990s \u2014 says so.<\/p>\n<p>Journalist and author Anne E. Schwartz slammed the new Evan Peters-starring series, \u201cDahmer: Monster \u2014 The Jeffrey Dahmer Story,\u201d saying that creator Ryan Murphy and team took so much \u201cartistic license\u201d that the show \u201cdoes not bear a great deal of resemblance to the facts of the case.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen people are watching Ryan Murphy&#8217;s Netflix series and saying, &#8216;Oh my God, this is terrible,&#8217; I want to tell them it didn&#8217;t necessarily turn out that way,\u201d Schwartz, who wrote \u201cMonster: The True Story of the Jeffrey Dahmer Murders,\u201d told the Independent.<\/p>\n<p>Firstly, she took exception to the portrayal of Milwaukee cops as being racist homophobes as she has known members of the force for years.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption>The real reporter who broke the story about Jeffrey Dahmer&#8217;s murders, Anne E. Schwartz, called out inaccuracies in the new Netflix miniseries about the killer.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;ve spent a lot of time with them, interviewing the people who were at the scene.  Again, this is a dramatization, but at a time when it is not exactly easy for law enforcement to get trust and buy-in from the community, it&#8217;s not a very helpful representation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Schwartz also said that despite the subject being an international sensation, the Wisconsin city is \u201cabsolutely done with hearing about the case.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople in Milwaukee think this is a horrible blemish on the city.  They don&#8217;t want people to think about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDahmer\u201d also incorrectly defines the role played by a neighbor of the psychopath, Glenda Cleveland (portrayed by Niecy Nash), who tries warning cops about his nefarious ways, accordint to Schwartz.  Cleveland&#8217;s depicted as living in a nearby apartment, whereas, in reality, she lived in another building, according to Schwartz.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"933\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/anne-e-schwartz.jpg?resize=933%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Anne E. Schwartz spoke up about parts of the new Netflix show's inaccuracies about Jeffrey Dahmer.\" class=\"wp-image-24072916\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/anne-e-schwartz.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1866 1866w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/anne-e-schwartz.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1399 1399w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/anne-e-schwartz.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=933 933w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/anne-e-schwartz.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=466 466w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/anne-e-schwartz.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 933px) 100vw, 933px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Journalist Anne E. Schwartz spoke up about inaccuracies in the new Netflix show dramatizing Jeffrey Dahmer&#8217;s murder spree.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">IMDB<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIn the first five minutes of the first episode, you have Glenda Cleveland knocking on his door.  None of that ever happened,\u201d Schwartz said.  \u201cI had trouble with buy-in, because I knew that was not accurate.  But people are not watching it that way, they&#8217;re watching it for entertainment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The show was also slammed by families of victims of the cannibalistic Dahmer, who were angry to once more relive the trauma he had caused.<\/p>\n<p>Schwartz also recalled a spooky phone call she once received in her TV newsroom from Dahmer complaining after another book of hers, best-seller \u201cThe Man Who Could Not Kill Enough,\u201d was published.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/dahmer-monster-comp-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"There were key differences between the real Jeffrey Dahmer and portrayal on Netflix.\" class=\"wp-image-24072959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/dahmer-monster-comp-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/dahmer-monster-comp-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/dahmer-monster-comp-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>There were key differences between the real Jeffrey Dahmer (inset) and the portrayal of his life and crimes on Netflix.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It was \u201cvery quick, and very to the point,\u201d Schwartz said, also mentioning that \u201che was very protective about his parents, especially his mother.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe had no inflection in his voice.  He was so vanilla, he was so flat.  There was nothing.  He just said no one was responsible for what I did except me.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did Netflix butcher key facts about the notorious Jeffrey Dahmer murders? The Milwaukee, Wisconsin, crime reporter who broke the news of the infamous serial killer \u2014 who diabolically tortured and murdered 17 boys and men through the late 1970s and early 1990s \u2014 says so. Journalist and author Anne E. 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