17/09/2022
When we are talking about the ethics behind true crime content, this is exactly it.
Daniel Morcombe’s family have hit out against Netflix’s upcoming Joel Edgerton film “The Stranger” which is loosely based on Daniel’s story.
A quote from The Guardian article says:
“…Bruce (Daniel’s father) and his wife, Daniel's mother Denise, argued that The Stranger was giving further notoriety to their son's killer. They said, "Its appalling storyline ignores our family’s pain and chooses to profit from 13-year-old Daniel Morcombe’s death. In a twisted way, it also provides oxygen to a sadistic beast by notarising his evil acts. Individuals who make money from a heinous crime are parasites."”
That last line… INDIVIDUALS WHO MAKE MONEY FROM A HEINOUS CRIME ARE PARASITES.
A direct quote from a family member of a victim of a heinous crime.
So why do content creators continue to IGNORE what is asked of them by families?
Bruce asks that rather than spending the money you would on watching this film, to donate to the Daniel Morcombe foundation.
And this is where Defrosting Oz hopes to be different. Once (if) we start to profits from this webseries. 50% of our profits will TRANSPARENTLY be donated to charities like MPAN and the Daniel Morcombe Foundation that provide DIRECT and FRONT LINE services.
The other 50%, will be used to keep expanding the series, as I am self funding the first season. When/if we get to a point of self sustaining, then 100% of profits will be donated - but I’ll only be happy when we have a prime time slot on television, or a streamer, or are established enough to be receiving over 1mil views on YouTube and all other platforms.
It’s also why we are only concentrating on long term missing persons and cold cases - are they frustrating, absolutely. Are they stories that are all tied up with a bow and and an ending? No, they’re not. But does that mean we ignore them? No.
There is a lot of planning and strategy that is going into this series to ensure we talk the talk and walk the walk.
It’s about making changes by leading with change and hoping others follow.
We will see.. I will be writing more about this soon.
https://www.distractify.com/p/the-stranger-2022-true-story
Netflix's newest true crime thriller 'The Stranger' features a killer on the run, and the cop chasing him. Is 'The Stranger' based on a true story?