Author: Malise Johnson

I am sure you have heard the discourse surrounding Emerald Fennell’s now infamous, “Wuthering Heights”: ‘As a fan of the novel I could never enjoy this film,’ ‘This film is a disgrace to Emily Brontë,’ and so on. Dr Claire O’Callaghan, literary scholar and Senior Lecturer in English at Loughborough University, is one of the most qualified people to address these concerns. Claire specialises in the Brontës, being Editor-In-Chief of the official journal of the Brontë Society and even publishing an extensive biography of Emily Brontë herself, Emily Brontë Reappraised. It is safe to say that Dr O’Callaghan is far…

New year, same old Ryan Murphy. Murphy is back again with the third instalment of his controversial Netflix anthology series Monster. The previous instalments of the series have garnered much criticism and controversy for a multitude of reasons. Monster: The Jefferey Dahmer Story was aired at a time when relatives of the victims saw their family members tragedy broadcast as a form of entertainment. Murphy also cast known heartthrob Evan Peters as sadistic serial killer Jefferey Dahmer. The connotations of Evan Peters as an actor are widely known with problems already being raised by individuals romanticising his twisted American Horror…