I watched a lot of true crime stuff so Crazy Love kept coming up on Netflix. I'm old enough to have recalled this couple when they made the rounds of all the talk shows, but I honestly didn't remember the story at all. It's a very well done documentary with terrific musical selections from the time and for the subject - which just gets worse and worse as it goes along.
We hear the story of a jealous suitor saying "if I can't have you nobody can" and instead of someone dead or in jail we get these two who managed to make it work for them! It's jaw-dropping, and sad that they could financially succeed because of this twisted fame they've achieved.
How either of them would be willing to be interviewed let alone essentially host a home movie of their lives is beyond me. The man is clearly a narcissist from the outset and unabashed liar. He tells you that. She was his victim, but managed at least to cash in on it.
There is racism, misogyny and an old white guy who doesn't know enough not to use the n word. There is no getting around the fact that they would not be sitting where they are now if he hadn't been a rich white lawyer. And I don't think being Jewish in NYC hurt him either.
So if you like true crime without dead bodies that is very evocative of the times, give it a watch and prepare to be appalled.
We hear the story of a jealous suitor saying "if I can't have you nobody can" and instead of someone dead or in jail we get these two who managed to make it work for them! It's jaw-dropping, and sad that they could financially succeed because of this twisted fame they've achieved.
How either of them would be willing to be interviewed let alone essentially host a home movie of their lives is beyond me. The man is clearly a narcissist from the outset and unabashed liar. He tells you that. She was his victim, but managed at least to cash in on it.
There is racism, misogyny and an old white guy who doesn't know enough not to use the n word. There is no getting around the fact that they would not be sitting where they are now if he hadn't been a rich white lawyer. And I don't think being Jewish in NYC hurt him either.
So if you like true crime without dead bodies that is very evocative of the times, give it a watch and prepare to be appalled.