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FOOL'S PARADISE: The State vs Steven Avery
It went viral. Rotten Tomatoes rated it 97%. Alec Baldwin, Ricky Gervais and Mandy Moore publically endorsed it. People all over America and around the world first screamed in frustration at their televisions, then took to social media to vent their outrage. Next: a 200 000-strong petition to the White House. The mob bayed for justice, for a retrial: STEVEN AVERY IS INNOCENT! they [we?] decreed.
But is he? And if Steven Avery is innocent, who is behind the horror of the Halbach case?
The New York Times described Netflix’s MAKING A MURDERER, a built-to-binge true-crime docuseries, as an “almost Dickensian account” of the tragedy of the downtrodden Averys. But beyond the critical reception [“a spellbinding slow burn”] and praise for its immersive, addictive and comprehensive treatment of this case, the fact is MAKING A MURDERER ultimately presents the *accused* as the victim. If Avery is innocent, who is guilty?
And if Avery is innocent, why did his nephew confess to a crime he didn't commit? WHY? WHY?
In another earth-shattering #SHAKEDOWN narrative, true crime doyens Wilson and van der Leek interrogate, deconstruct and blow the socks off not only the allegations of the series, but the filmmakers themselves. Aficionados won’t see this one coming – in Fool’s Paradise we see not only the agendas of Avery, Manitowoc County and Dassey, but our own hypocrisy writ large.
Is MAKING A MURDERER an honest portrayal of a miscarriage of justice? Does presumption of guilt or presumption of innocence blind us to the true Tree of Knowledge of good and evil?
Quietly, subtly, in the backwoods a backlash has been brewing. Like a whisper, like a woman on a deserted beach – her breath drowned out by summer waves – we hear a breathless retort. Some evidence was left out. A Sheriff who has not watched the series called it “skewed” and not objective. Which is it? What is REAL?
Fool’s Paradise, the first in a series of three books, takes the reader to the brink of insanity revealing the whole, hard, cold truth of a Junkyard Prince.
But is he? And if Steven Avery is innocent, who is behind the horror of the Halbach case?
The New York Times described Netflix’s MAKING A MURDERER, a built-to-binge true-crime docuseries, as an “almost Dickensian account” of the tragedy of the downtrodden Averys. But beyond the critical reception [“a spellbinding slow burn”] and praise for its immersive, addictive and comprehensive treatment of this case, the fact is MAKING A MURDERER ultimately presents the *accused* as the victim. If Avery is innocent, who is guilty?
And if Avery is innocent, why did his nephew confess to a crime he didn't commit? WHY? WHY?
In another earth-shattering #SHAKEDOWN narrative, true crime doyens Wilson and van der Leek interrogate, deconstruct and blow the socks off not only the allegations of the series, but the filmmakers themselves. Aficionados won’t see this one coming – in Fool’s Paradise we see not only the agendas of Avery, Manitowoc County and Dassey, but our own hypocrisy writ large.
Is MAKING A MURDERER an honest portrayal of a miscarriage of justice? Does presumption of guilt or presumption of innocence blind us to the true Tree of Knowledge of good and evil?
Quietly, subtly, in the backwoods a backlash has been brewing. Like a whisper, like a woman on a deserted beach – her breath drowned out by summer waves – we hear a breathless retort. Some evidence was left out. A Sheriff who has not watched the series called it “skewed” and not objective. Which is it? What is REAL?
Fool’s Paradise, the first in a series of three books, takes the reader to the brink of insanity revealing the whole, hard, cold truth of a Junkyard Prince.
286 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 16, 2016
About the author
Lisa Wilson
33 books9 followersLisa Wilson (aka Juror13) is a trial blogger who resides in California, USA.
She and South African freelance photojournalist Nick van der Leek, under the partnership of #SHAKEDOWN, have paired up to co-author many trial narratives.
She and South African freelance photojournalist Nick van der Leek, under the partnership of #SHAKEDOWN, have paired up to co-author many trial narratives.
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