Evan Peters, 35, just scooped a Golden Globe for his role as Jeffrey Dahmer in the hit Netflix series, Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.
The show, which was about the life of a notorious serial killer, was a huge success on the streaming platform.
However, family members of the murderer’s victim had raised their concerns about the series trying to glamorize some of the incidents.
Dahmer took the lives of 17 young men and boys between 1978 to 1991, dismembering them and preserving their body parts.
One of his victims was only 14 years old.
While many neighbors had called the police about Dahmer’s behavior and the foul odor coming out of his apartment, it fell on deaf ears.
Many viewers were critical after the show’s release, with many saying that the show both romanticized and glorified serial killers.
One person took to Twitter and wrote: “The worst part of these multiple romanticized depictions of Jeffrey Dahmer is they present him as a mastermind. When really Dahmer was allowed to dr*g, r*pe, kill, and eat countless black men despite multiple calls to police because they were homophobic and racist.”
Another also called out the series for exploiting the tragic deaths of the victims, saying: “there is nothing cute or handsome about Jeffrey Dahmer. i instinctively knew when Ryan Murphy was attached to the project, it was going to be romanticized because that is what he does. exploiting the death of gay men is on brand for him.”
Shirley, the mother of Tony Hughes, one of Dahmer’s victims, also shared her disgust for Peters’ Golden Globes win.
“There’s a lot of sick people around the world, and people winning acting roles from playing killers keeps the obsession going and this makes sick people thrive on the fame,” she said, via TMZ.
“It’s a shame that people can take our tragedy and make money. The victims never saw a cent. We go through these emotions every day.”
She also said that Peters should’ve used his acceptance speech to pay tribute to Dahmer’s victims and their grieving loved ones.
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