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     • Patty Jenkins stayed true to the real-life story of Aileen Wuornos in the film Monster, despite facing criticisms for sympathetically portraying the serial killer. The portrayal of Aileen's childhood in the film is largely accurate, but the real story is even more tragic and heartbreaking.
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   Mar 10, 2024 · Patty Jenkins stayed true to the real-life story of Aileen Wuornos in the film Monster, despite facing criticisms for sympathetically portraying the serial killer.

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   • Actors: Charlize Theron

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   Is 'monster' based on a true story?

   • The film "Monster" stars Charlize Theron as Aileen Wuornos and starts with the disclaimer: "Based on a true story." However, any movie — even those inspired by reality — is fictionalized and dramatized to varying degrees in order to create a cohesive plot and clear message (which isn't always available in the chaos of real life).

   Everything Monster Doesn't Tell You About The True Story

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   Is woman a monstrous woman?

   • …woman is represented as monstrous in relation to her reproductive and maternal functions.

   The Monstrous-Feminine: Film, Feminism, Psychoanalysis (1993)

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   Who is Aileen Wuornos based on?

   • The film follows serial killer Aileen Wuornos, a street prostitute who murdered seven of her male clients between 1989 and 1990 and was executed in Florida in 2002. It stars Charlize Theron as Wuornos and Christina Ricci as her semi-fictionalized lover, Selby Wall (based on Wuornos's real-life girlfriend, Tyria Moore).

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   Why does Kristeva think women are a monster?

   • She argues, using Kristeva’s notion of abjection, that the monster-ization of women occurs because of women’s close proximity to the abject: especially through menstruation, pregnancy, and childbirth. The female body constantly challenges the destroys the boundaries set up between inside/outside, and living/dead.

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   The film follows serial killer Aileen Wuornos, a street prostitute who murdered seven of her male clients between 1989 and 1990 and was executed in Florida in 2002. It stars Charlize Theron as Wuornos and Christina Ricci as her semi-fictionalized lover, Selby Wall (based on Wuornos's real-life girlfriend, Tyria Moore).

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   Nov 27, 2021 · In 2004, actress Charlize Theron (above) won the Academy Award for best actress for her portrayal of serial killer Aileen Wuornos in the 2003 film "Monster" (via Entertainment Weekly). Who was Wuornos? Biography states that she was born in 1956 into a chaotic life. Her father was a convicted child molester who died in prison, and her mother ...

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   Is Aileen Wuornos really considered to be the first female serial killer? No. Although the media hyped Aileen Wuornos as the first female serial killer, in reality women have been murdering just as long as men.

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   Feb 16, 2017 · Although Aileen Wuornos is one of the most well-known female serial killers in American history, it was the fictionalized portrayal of her life in the 2003 film Monster that brought her tragic, brutal story to the masses. Wuornos’ life was an unfortunate one, filled with rage, violence, and sadness. Aileen Wuornos was born to teenage parents ...

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   Aug 3, 2018 · Creed notes that the monstrous feminine is nothing new, but that depictions of this sort are present in classical mythology and the Bible. To this end, following Freud, she closely describes Medusa as a prominent example: by looking upon her face (which is vagina-like), men become stiff.

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   Jul 7, 2022 · As reported by News Channel 8, Wuornos was the first female serial killer to be profiled by the FBI, but the idea of her being America's first female serial killer is erroneous. Genene Jones, a Texas nurse, was jailed in the '80s for killing an infant and giving an overdose to another baby.