Are serial killers beyond redemption? Two new films consider the case of Aileen Wuornos, a woman executed by Florida in 2002 for killing seven men with a .22-caliber pistol. Although the films differ in their portrayal of Wuornos, both attempt to see beyond the media’s sensationalism and make an emotional argument against the death penalty. In Monster, writer-director Patty Jenkins frames… return to article
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Reader Comments (1)Page 1 of 1 pages“attempt to see beyond the media’s sensationalism”
Could you have possibly picked a worse example of “media sensationalism” than the least known of America’s serial killers?
I would be surprised if 1 in 10 persons had any idea who she was.
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