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The term ‘overkill’ sums it up aptly. The victims of the unknown killer did not just die in the early 1990s. They were butchered, sawed up and dumped by the side of the road. That certainly cannot be seen separately from their sexual orientation. The killer operating in the New York area clearly harbors a deep hatred of homosexuals.
This makes him in a sense a product of his time and environment. Although New York had a lively gay scene in those years, homosexuality in the United States was certainly not accepted everywhere. Homophobia is the order of the day. Men such as Thomas Mulcahy and Peter Anderson are therefore forced to remain in the closet all their lives and apparently live a decent middle-class life. Until they run into the wrong person in the nightlife, probably just before closing time.
The four-part series sheds light on the search for this serial killer Last Call (215 mins) from Anthony Caronna in Howard Gertler the intolerant climate in which the LGBTIQ+ movement, which was also confronted with the AIDS epidemic, had to survive at the end of the twentieth century and the impact of the murders on their daily lives. Combative interest groups such as the New York City Anti-Violence Project demand serious action against the horrific violence perpetrated in their communities.
Because the NYPD initially does not seem to give much priority to the ‘pick up crimes’ of the so-called Last Call Killer. After all, these are gay men who have knowingly entered the gay circuit in search of sex and entertainment. This attitude is reminiscent of the attitude of the Rotterdam police when several gay men are murdered in the Kralingse Bos (about which the thematically related series will soon be published). The Rainbow Murders is released).
Last Call focuses on the victims, their survivors and the fear within the queer community and avoids overly emphatic ‘serial killer porn’. Only in the final episode of this penetrating series, which is still topical, judging by recent incidents of violence against gays and trans people, does a suspect come into the picture. His motive remains a mystery. Could it be some form of’gay panic‘, the blind frenzy that overtakes certain men when another man makes advances? Or something as elementary as self-loathing?
2023-07-12 07:10:35
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