Based on the first two episodes of Dexter and read Idols of Destruction: Celebrity, Consumerism and the Serial Killer,” p. 1 in Natural Born Celebrities..1. Please pick ONE question to respond to. Full-bodied entries—of at least ten sentences2. Please post follow up question for classQuestions:1. Schmid asks why the murderabilia industry has begun to sell the personal effects of real serial killers as if they were religious icons. What is Schmid’s argument, and what is your own theory? Why would we want to own a part of murder history? How does this relate to the merchandise being sold surrounding Dexter?2. Schmid discusses the differences between “good” fame and “bad” fame on p. 12 of this chapter. How does this definition apply to Dexter and our strange admiration for his public service?3. “Representations of death, especially aesthetic representations, are able to assuage such anxieties because ‘they occur in a realm clearly delineated as not life, or not real’ . . . we experience death by proxy” (Schmid 17). In the lecture in this unit, we discussed the TV series’ ability to show, but also not show the violence that Dexter was committing. Using examples from the text or the series, show us your own perspective. Do we want to see this violence or not?Textbook:Title: Natural Born Celebrities: Serial Killers in American Culture*ISBN-13: 9780226738697ISBN-10: 0226738698Author: David SchmidEdition: New editionBinding: PaperbackPublisher: University Of Chicago PressPublished: December 2006Adoption: Required
