![]() The closer I examined this film’s story structure, it seemed that My Friend Dahmer is actually a dark, shadow version of Joseph Campbell’s The Hero’s Journey. Disney star Ross Lynch (Austen & Ally) trades in his mouse ears to inhabit the icy, agitated soul of Jeffrey Dahmer and gives a stark, quietly powerful performance. Derf and his buddies adopted Dahmer as a court jester of sorts, calling themselves “the Dahmer fan club.” They coerced the strange young man into participating in pranks while toeing the line between friendship and using him for their own childish entertainment. Written and directed by Marc Meyers, My Friend Dahmer is based on the award-winning graphic novel by John “Derf” Backderf, who was a classmate of Jeffrey Dahmer’s in high school. ![]() Ross Lynch plays Jeffrey Dahmer in high school.
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