The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story – BBC2, 9pm
Tom Rob Smith’s re-imagining of the life story of Versace’s killer Andrew Cunanan (Darren Criss) has now reversed back into his childhood.
This penultimate episode draws parallels with Death of a Salesman and even Apocalypse Now in its bid to find a rationale for Cunanan’s life of violence. It doesn’t quite succeed, as it’s hard to imagine what childhood humiliations might excuse the killer’s actions. It’s best viewed as an essay on the darker side of the American Dream.
So, while Versace’s desire to become a fashion designer is encouraged by his mother, Cunanan’s father Modesto (Jon Jon Briones) is a violent liar, a Filipino immigrant to the US who — for a while at least — manages to con his way to wealth.
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