Boosie Badazz is jumping behind the thousands of people who have taken to social media to condemn the ever-so-popular Netflix series, “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.” Released on the streaming platform last week, “Dahmer” is centered around the real-life events which occurred between 1978 and 1991 when Milwaukee serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer killed 17 men and boys, many of whom were predominantly Black.
According to the show’s producer Ryan Murphy, “Dahmer,” which co-stars Niecy Nash, was the most-watched series on Netflix worldwide last week, amassing over 190 million hours in viewing time. But its huge success has clearly rubbed Boosie the wrong way, who took to social media to sound off on his thoughts about the series. “Us as blacks, we need to ban this Jeffrey Dahmer movie,” the rapper said, referring to the 10-part show.
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“This is some sick sh** what he did to our race. This is some sick sh**. We need to boycott this damn movie off Netflix. The victim families should be getting paid off every dollar Netflix made […] We need to ban this Jeffrey Dahmer movie. This is some sick sh**.” Rita Isbel, who is one of the family’s victims, who denounced the series following its release, bashed Netflix in a previous statement, asserting the company’s only intent was to profit from the awfully disturbing ordeal.
Some people who’ve been watching “Dahmer” on Netflix have taken to Twitter this past week, stressing how disturbed they were to know that the screenplay is based on true events. Dahmer lived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where the media at the time referred to him as “Milwaukee Monster” after being caught by police when a victim of his managed to escape after being drugged at his apartment.
After his arrest, Dahmer was imprisoned in 1992 and died two years later after being beaten to death by a fellow inmate in 1994. “‘Please let’s not romanticise or glamorise Jeffrey Dahmer.’ Why is everybody repeating that? They must have not actually watched this. There is no romanticizing or glamorizing,” one viewer of the show wrote on Twitter.
“If anyone thinks that the Dahmer series was made to glorify another serial killer, it definitely doesn’t. It left me with tears in my eyes and had me sick to my stomach, and 100% paints him as the monster he was.”
A third person reacted to the “Dahmer” series, writing, “I was kinda p***ed that there was another Jeffrey Dahmer show on Netflix but I think this one was needed. Most of the time serial killer shows get portrayed with an attractive persona. And sometimes they almost glorify the actual person. But this new show is just repulsing.”