Creator of 'Dahmer' series unloads on Netflix for caving to outrage, removing 'LGBTQ' tag: 'I didn't like it'



Ryan Murphy, the Hollywood director who co-created the recent series on serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, recently condemned Netflix for bowing to woke critics.

What is the background?

In late September, Netflix removed its "LGBTQ" tag from "Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story," the dramatized biographical film of the infamous serial killer.

The streaming platform presumably attached the "LGBTQ" tag to the show because Dahmer was a gay man who primarily preyed upon other gay men, as well as racial minorities and underage boys.

What did Murphy say?

Speaking in an extensive interview with the New York Times, Murphy criticized Netflix for removing the LGBTQ tag from his show.

In fact, Murphy claimed that Netflix officials told him specifically that they removed the tag because of the backlash they had received for attaching it in the first place.

"The rule of my career has been: The more specific you are, the more universal you can become," he told the Times.

"I also don’t think that all gay stories have to be happy stories," he explained. "There was a moment on Netflix where they removed the LGBTQ tag from ‘Dahmer,’ and I didn’t like it and I asked why they did that, and they said because people were upset because it was an upsetting story. I was, like, ‘Well, yeah.’

"But it was a story of a gay man and, more importantly, his gay victims," Murphy said.

Moreover, Murphy said he believes the way that he told Dahmer's story highlighted how white privilege allowed Dahmer to get away with victimizing gay people and racial minorities.

From the Times:

Mr. Murphy said he did the story to shed light on the racism and homophobia that pervaded the case, at the victims’ expense, and because “it was the biggest thing I’ve ever seen that really sort of examines how easy it is to get away with things with the white privilege aspects.”

Anything else?

"Dahmer" is the second-most popular English show ever on Netflix. Only "Stranger Things 4" received more viewers in its initial release.

'Jeffrey Dahmer Special' display at Texas pizza joint sparks controversy

'Jeffrey Dahmer Special' display at Texas pizza joint sparks controversy



A Halloween display at one Lubbock, Texas, pizzeria has some people screaming — but not for the reasons the management had hoped.

Capital Pizza — which, according to its website, offers "hot, unique, & satisfying pies & sandwiches" — created a counter display entitled the "Jeffrey Dahmer Special," a gruesome-looking faux pie with toppings resembling eyeballs, fingers, intestines, and blood.

Jeffrey Dahmer was a notorious serial killer who dismembered and then consumed many of the bodies of his victims. Between 1978 and 1991, Dahmer murdered 17 men and underage boys, many of whom were black. He was convicted in 1992 and sentenced to life in prison. He was murdered by a fellow inmate in November 1994.

A recent Netflix series brought the story of Dahmer's heinous crimes back into the news. Between the Netflix series and the upcoming spooky holiday, one Capital Pizza server thought that a Dahmer-themed decoration might put people in the Halloween spirit. The "Jeffrey Dahmer Special" was then created for display purposes only. It is not a menu item and is not available for purchase.

Many customers have really enjoyed the display. According to an unnamed manager, people have come into the store just to see it in person. Some kids even want to have their picture taken with it.

Despite the enthusiasm expressed by some, the display has likewise left some customers and many social media users feeling sick to their stomachs.

"This is horrible! I am so tired of all of the 'celebration' over Dahmer," wrote one Facebook user. "I remember when all of that went down. I didn’t like it then and I am definitely not going to watch the Netflix series about him. Why would anyone want to put that in their minds? It is horrible that the families of Dahmer’s victims, have to have their bandages ripped off just so they can be reminded of what happened to their loved ones."

"Disgusting! People's minds are warped and twisted. Pray for them," another user commented on TMZ's Facebook page.

The store manager claimed that the display has been up for about three weeks. The restaurant intends to take it down after Halloween is over.


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Netflix removes 'LGBTQ' tag from Jeffrey Dahmer biopic following backlash: Report



Netflix has reportedly accommodated the demands of social media users who recently became enraged after the streaming service giant tagged a biopic about serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer as "LGBTQ" content.

On September 21, Netflix debuted "Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story," a 10-part, fictional dramatization of the life, confession, arrest, and conviction of Dahmer. Dahmer pled guilty by reason of insanity to murdering 16 men and underage boys in Milwaukee and Ohio between 1978 and 1991, though a jury later found him to be mentally competent. He was charged with but not convicted of another murder.

Under the pretense of taking nude photos of them or otherwise engaging with them sexually, Dahmer lured most of his victims to his residence or the residence belonging to his grandmother. He then drugged them, strangled them, and dismembered their bodies. In some cases, Dahmer preserved some of their body parts for masturbation purposes. Police discovered several severed heads, hearts, penises, and even complete skeletons in his apartment. Dahmer also admitted to engaging in necrophilia and cannibalism.

Most of Dahmer's victims were gay and racial or ethnic minorities.

Ostensibly because Dahmer was a homosexual and most of his victims identified as members of the gay community, Netflix tagged the series as "LGBTQ" content. Many on social media then complained about the association between Dahmer and the LGBTQ community.

\u201cimagine clicking on the "LGBTQ" category and this is what you get\u201d
— Quinton Reviews\ud83c\udfac (@Quinton Reviews\ud83c\udfac) 1663799752


\u201cnot netflix labelling the dahmer show with "lgbt+ stories"\u201d
— Paisley \ud83c\udf1b (@Paisley \ud83c\udf1b) 1663863599


\u201chey @netflix please take dahmer out of the lgbtq+ section he is a child predator\u201d
— justice \ud83e\ude7b she/her (@justice \ud83e\ude7b she/her) 1664066023


\u201cIf I need to stay in my lane absolutely tell me but anyone else think it's pretty gross of @netflix to list Dahmer under #LGBTQ, especially when the True Crime tag would have worked?\u201d
— Frances *Deadly SoverAuntie* Danger (@Frances *Deadly SoverAuntie* Danger) 1663793270

One TikTok user called @lizthelezbo also asked "why the f***" Netflix would tag the series as "LGBTQ" since "this is not the representation we’re looking for," even if it is "technically true" that Dahmer was gay.

Netflix has since removed the "LGBTQ" tag, though it is unclear when it did so.

A family member of one of Dahmer's victims has also taken to social media to explain that docuseries like "Dahmer – Monster" constantly "retraumatiz[e]" victims' families.

On Thursday, Eric Perry, a cousin of Rita Isbell, the oldest sister of Errol Lindsey, whom Dahmer murdered in 1991, tweeted: "I’m not telling anyone what to watch, I know true crime media is huge rn, but if you’re actually curious about the victims, my family (the Isbell’s) are pissed about this show. It’s retraumatizing over and over again, and for what? How many movies/shows/documentaries do we need?"

"Like recreating my cousin having an emotional breakdown in court in the face of the man who tortured and murdered her brother is WILD. WIIIIIILD," he added.

Dahmer was convicted in 1992 and given 16 life sentences. In November 1994, fellow inmate Christopher Scarver murdered Dahmer while he was performing his work duties. Scarver also confessed to bludgeoning another inmate, Jesse Anderson. Scarver, a schizophrenic who had already been convicted of murder, was given two additional life sentences for the deaths of Dahmer and Anderson.

According to reports, Dahmer became a born-again Christian and was baptized into the Church of Christ before his death.