Reviews, rants & poetry

Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe in Netflix's Blonde.  The 2022 film directed by Andrew Dominik that stars Ana De Armas as Marilyn Monroe has been panned by streamers and critics alike to the point where it’s been rumored to be cursed because of the way the director portrayed the titular character.   Firstly, it's on record that this film isn't a true biopic but a fictional retelling of Marilyn's life that aims to highlight how Hollywood creates victims out of its stars. The entertainment industry especially in film, fashion, and music is widely known to be a dog-eat-dog world which is why it's extremely difficult for individuals who haven't learned to develop a thick skin towards critics and the emotional demands that comes with acting nor found the right people who truly care for their wellbeing enough to manage them effectively, to survive in.   Secondly, I strongly feel that Andrew's work would have been more appreciated if he had titled it differently...

  Evan Peters as Jefferey Dahmer. photo credit: Netflix.  I think that Ryan Murphy is a god when it comes to telling incredibly complex stories based on true-life occurrences. From FEUD , to the OJ story on his AMERICAN CRIME STORY series, to DAHMER . Ryan has mastered the art of conjoining these complexities and intricacies to deliver a spellbinding all round look into the histories of these people he's exploring and the lessons he wants us to pick up and learn from them.   Having read opinion pieces about the victims’ families reliving the hurt before first watching the 2022 Netflix show, the first 3 episodes ticked me off badly as I thought the series was going to follow the trope of Hollywood's horrible history of "idolizing" criminals and serial killers but thank God as the show progresses, you begin to realize it's rather a cautionary tale that forces its viewers to look beyond the surface storytelling of the titular character.   To me, this show was mo...