The show began streaming on Netflix April 11 in the U.S. and has become a phenomenon.
If you have found yourself hearing the words"Baby Reindeer" over and over again in the past few weeks, you surely are not alone as the title of Netflix 's latest home run series seems to be everywhere at the moment. hit the streaming platform on April 11, word of mouth has spread like wildfire to make this show No. 1 on Netflix 's charts and to shine a major spotlight on the show's writer and creator, Richard Gadd.
While many have watched the series in shock and horror at the whole ordeal -- including the fact that investigators refused to intervene until Martha, a serial stalker, began contacting and threatening his family and loved ones -- others have been left to wonder just how much of the show is real. In the show, Martha sends Donny up to 80 emails a day, sits at a bus stop near his home, assaults both his ex-girlfriend and current love interest and follows him to standup show after standup show where he -- an aspiring comedian -- is met by heckling from her in the audience. At one point, the woman even attempts to turn the crowd at a festival against him by jeering at his jokes and making damning accusations.
The comments are echoed in the show where Gadd's character expresses his complicated outlook on his role in Martha's attachment and how his own sexual abuse at the hands ofTom Goodman-Hill), an older comedian who groomed then abused him. Gadd believes that his horrific history of sexual violence at the hands of someone he trusted made him a"sticking plaster" for someone like Martha to come along and become attached to.
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