Monster

[poliphilo]

I didn't like Monster. Charlize Theron reminded me of Doris Day as Calamity Jane. I couldn't believe she'd won an Oscar for a performance which struck me as nothing but strut and prosthetics.

Last night, I got to see Nick Broomfield's documentary, Aileen, The Life and Death of a Serial Killer. I wanted to find out if the real Wuornos reminded me of Calamity Jane. She didn't.

The real Wuornos was funny and fiesty and scary and real She came through the prison doors to give her interviews, surrounded by goons in uniform, and she was the only human being in the room. It was hard not to warm to her. Given the way she'd been fucked over by everyone in her life- from her relatives to her lawyers- it was remarkable she wasn't madder than she was.

Towards the end she was sabotaging her own appeal because she wanted to get it over with and be with Jesus.

And Jeb Bush has happy to oblige her because it fitted in very nicely with his re-election plans.

Comments

[ibid.livejournal.com]

I thought they managed to get Theron looking like her which is half the battle in some ways.
I also kept thinking of Monster when she kept insisting they let her keep murdering for the movie deal- funny how that wans't in the film...

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Everyone was making money out of Wuornos- including Nick Broomfield- but, at least he had the honesty to flag it up.