Serial Killers At Social Underground

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Everything you need to know about in this weekly series: An impressive look at the portrayal of a serial killer on Netflix, a documentary on the BP oil spill, the story of how The Dana Carvey Show failed, and a sequel to one of the best games ever made.

At Social Underground we go beyond the mainstream stuff and see what’s underneath the surface. What should we get into, listen to, read, eat or watch? If there is something in our culture that needs attention that’s our job: Show you the underground things that you need to know about: Books, music, television, movies, comedians, art, and whatever else we can find to get you into something you never knew about. That’s The Underground.

1. The real serial kill versus his portrayal on Netflix's
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Like I said, he is extremely likeable. He's intelligent, funny, easy to get along with, but also murdered and sex with the severed head of his mother. SO THERE'S THAT. He also did the same to many college aged women. But his real reason for doing these things was his hatred of his mother treating him like garbage. Once he killed her, he simply turned himself in because there was no point to doing anything after that, and also because the police simply couldn't catch him. It got boring, I guess. …show more content…
history. 16,000 total miles of coastline have been affected, including the coasts of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida.

87 days of oil gushing into the ocean. It was a real eye opener in how unsafe this practice is, but also a reason to look into investing more into alternative energy. The documentary below goes over what happened and warns of future disasters like this in the future.

3. The trailer about another documentary about Dana Carvey's short-lived, but amazing TV show. Dana Carvey is hilarious. Being such a funny guy, he knows how to choose funny people to help him with his show: Steve Carell, Louis C.K., Stephen Colbert, and Robert Smigel. Those names alone should bring memories of hilarity which seems to be endless.

The shame is that the show got cancelled quickly. It was a sketch show that had to compete with the like of Saturday Night Live. The Dana Carvey Show was television that was probably before its time. But, thankfully, Hulu decided to produce a documentary about a show that should've given us classic sketches that were shown for decades. This is why we can't have nice things,

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