![]() ![]() Her husband Eugene (Sam Waterston) works as a dentist, and their two teenage children Chip (Matthew Lillard) and Misty (Ricki Lake) get along better than most siblings. Kathleen Turner stars as Beverly Sutphin, a housewife whose cookie-cutter family is every bit as conventional as one may imagine in a safe suburban neighborhood. ![]() ![]() John Waters plays society’s stereotypes to his advantage and creates a twisted character so impactful that many today still think Serial Mom is actually based off of a real person. When you think of a serial killer, you usually don’t imagine a mother donning a floral dress and pearls, living a comfortable life in the suburbs, baking pies for her community, and cheerfully chirping at birds outside her window like a modern Snow White. His 1994 film Serial Mom takes a sharp, satirical look at our obsession with serial killers by introducing us to a maternal murderer who is both wholesome and hellish. Our society tends to have a flare for making celebrities out of dysfunctional individuals. Writer/director John Waters understands our society’s appeal to violence as well as the subsequent sociological absurdities humans display. There are endless television shows, docuseries, and documentaries that are “based off real events” committed by deranged individuals. Over the years, the true crime genre has become an increasingly popular fixation.
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