Manson Family Propaganda (Fincher 6)
Added 2022-07-18 19:58:54 +0000 UTCWe tease apart the limited hangout that is David Fincher's Mindhunter series. Fincher continues to distort the genuine nature of the serial killer phenomenon, glorifying the profiler and serial killer alike while giving borderline supernatural status to the latter. We identify the shocking length to which Mindhunter promotes Charles Manson's own account of his crimes.
Works Referenced -
Tom O’Neill, Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties (2019)
Jasun Horsley, 16 Maps of Hell: The Unraveling of Hollywood Superculture (2020)
David McGowan, Programmed to Kill: The Politics of Serial Murder (2004)
David McGowan, Weird Scenes Inside the Canyon: Laurel Canyon, Covert Ops, and the Dark Heart of the Hippie Dream (2014)
Comments
In the UK, profiling was trendy in the 1990s and was heavily pushed by the TV series 'Cracker'. This was "must-see TV" for all cultured people at the time. What suddenly exploded that bubble was the miscarriage of justice involving Colin Stagg for the Rachel Nickell murder on Wimbledon Common in 1992. Stagg fitted the offender profile (as did many thousands of others) and there was an attempt made to "honey-trap" him into self-incrimination. This all fell apart and another man, Robert Napper, was subsequently convicted of the crime. 'Cracker' has since been flushed well and truly down the memory-hole. It's like it never existed.
Simon
2024-10-27 11:32:26 +0000 UTC
