It did not come as any surprise to me that television producers would create Dexter, the cable-turned-network series of a serial killer living the good life in sunny Miami. The only question I had was how and with what literary devices the writers would use to make him sympathetic. The first episode provided the answers, [...]
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It’s really not all that entertaining
Posted in culture, media, violence, tagged Dexter, entertainment, media, serial murder on February 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Face of a Killer
Posted in family, media, violence, tagged grief, media, serial murder, trauma on February 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One morning nearly 20 years ago while sipping my morning coffee, I opened my newspaper to a photo of the man who had driven a knife into the heart of my family. I say this not as metaphor nor am I exaggerating for effect: He stabbed my cousin 23 times in the chest, heart included.
I [...]
