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Let’s Skip the Luigi Mangione Movie

The Hollywood Reporter
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Story by James Hibberd
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In the wake of a high-profile murder, Hollywood grapples with the ethics of dramatizing the crime and its complex social implications.
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  • Social media has hailed the suspected killer, Luigi Mangione, as a 'folk hero' for his perceived fight against a 'soulless insurance company,' raising concerns about the public's appetite for politicized violence.
  • The article warns that any scripted adaptation of this story risks mythologizing the perpetrator and inadvertently inciting further acts of terrorism, urging Hollywood to tread carefully in this fraught landscape.
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Luigi Mangione, Brian Thompson, Dave Franco, Penn Badgley, Ryan Murphy, Theodore Kaczynski, UnitedHealthcare, The New York Times, Wired, NHS (National Health Service), Now You See Me, American Crime Story
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