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Stalker chic: Rise, fall of Joe Goldberg in 'You'
Gulf News
|May 02, 2025
Netflix's charming killer reflects a deeper pop culture obsession with toxic, obsessive men
Ioe Goldberg had me at Victor Hugo — and then promptly lost me at body count number four. But watching Season 5 of Netflix recent hit You unravel into a bizarre soap opera of selective morality and murder rave party made me think: this isn’t just a Netflix problem. This is part of a wider entertainment obsession — the toxic lover as fallen anti-hero, the stalker as romantic lead. Think about it. Joe isn’t the first character to peer through windows and call it love. He isn't the first guy who killed 22 people by Season 5.
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This story is from the May 02, 2025 edition of Gulf News.
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