2017 Directed by Erin Lee Carr
Child abuse, mental illness, and forbidden love converge in this mystery involving a mother and daughter who were thought to be living a fairy tale life that turned out to be a living nightmare.
A documentary is only as good as its subject and its access. This one has good access to an incredible subject.
I watched this with my mom and I kept having to tell her "I would never do that to you I would never hurt you in a million years I LOVE YOU"
Is there a way for me to fast forward in time to see the inevitable follow up doc to this..?
So how long now until we get the movie adaptation starring Melissa McCarthy as DeeDee?
I've been post-poning this review all week because I'm having a hard time centralizing my thoughts on such an insane set of crimes. I'm still struggling to find my points so instead I'll comment on the most memorable parts.
*Gypsy's pink chipped finger nails, painted special for the murder.
*Dee Dee's parents flushed her ashes down the toilet.
*The footage where Gypsy is at Disney World eating "royal mashed potatoes", and how transparently phony her excitement was for the potatoes.
*Disney character BDSM pics.
*The psychological relief and sexual gratification after the murder/at the crime scene/at the hotel/at his parents house. Like nothing happened. No remorse.
Despite her abuse I get a strong sense that she has never known anything other than being a victim. Both in reality and for show. This will likely be the case for the rest of her life. I feel for her but she's fragile and dangerous.
Hot damn, how on earth did the filmmaker get access to everyone but the victim.
I've read about this story before, it's still one of the weirdest things that I have seen, this case is probably the only time you will sympthize with a killer.
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