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New Manson docuseries challenges race war theory
Director Joe Berlinger's docuseries 'Conversations With A Killer: The Charles Manson Tapes' released on Netflix on August 12 challenges the long-held claim that Manson ordered the 1969 murders to start a race…
The Story in Brief
Director Joe Berlinger's docuseries 'Conversations With A Killer: The Charles Manson Tapes' released on Netflix on August 12 challenges the long-held claim that Manson ordered the 1969 murders to start a race war. The Times of India reports that Berlinger uses never-before-seen footage and interviews with former Manson Family members to argue the killings were a drug deal gone wrong. The three-part series details Manson’s manipulation of his followers, who murdered seven people including pregnant actress Sharon Tate. Berlinger calls the crimes “a series of blunders by petty criminals.”
The Indian Opinion
Indians know a thing or two about conspiracy theories, and the Manson race-war tale always felt too neat. Now Berlinger insists it was a drug deal gone wrong. Both narratives risk oversimplifying a psychopath’s hold on vulnerable followers. The obsession with Manson’s motive lets us ignore the harder question: what makes ordinary people obey a madman? Watch whether prosecutors or Manson experts release their own tapes in response, real proof would cut through the noise.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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