Evan Peters’ win on the Golden Globes 2023 for the controversial Netflix hit sequence, Dahmer, has been criticised.
Peters picked up the award for Best Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Television Movie for enjoying the notorious American serial killer. However, the actor’s lauded efficiency as Dahmer has triggered consternation amongst many because it arrived on the streaming service in 2022.
Multiple households of Dahmer’s victims have criticised the sequence, titled in full Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, since its airing. Now, Shirley Hughes – mom of Dahmer sufferer Tony Hughes – informed TMZ what she considered Peters’ win. She stated: “People winning acting roles from playing killers keeps the obsession going.”
Hughes defined her feeling concerning the present, and its acceptance by Hollywood (and viewers across the globe) by saying: “There’s a lot of sick people around the world. People winning acting roles from playing killers keeps the obsession going. This makes sick people thrive on the fame.”
She added: “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.”
Hughes then went on to notice that she felt Peters ought to have referenced the victims’ households in his acceptance speech. On stage on the awards Peters stated: “I want to thank everyone out there who watched this show. It was a difficult one to make, a difficult one to watch, but I sincerely hope some good came out of it.”
Between 1978 and 1991, Jeffrey Dahmer killed 17 males. The Wisconsin-based killer largely focusing on BIPOC queer males. The present has confronted criticism from members of the LGBTQ+ neighborhood in addition to household of Dahmer’s victims, and others. Shortly after the present grew to become certainly one of Netflix’s greatest English-language hits, one sufferer’s member of the family labelled the present a “retraumatising” occasion.