Why is it that Aileen Wuornos wasn't even the biggest monster in this documentary? She killed a few men, yes, and there's no getting around that, but her attorney, Steve Glazer, and her "adopted parent" Arlene Pralle, were absolutely despicable. I can't believe I watched a documentary about a serial killer and I was angriest at the killer's attorney and new found friend.
This titillating, albeit a bit amateurish, documentary focuses on the greed surrounding Aileen Wuornos, alleged killer of seven men in Florida. You may have seen her portrayed in the movie "Monster" for which Charlize Theron was awarded an Oscar.
The two worst people in this documentary, as I mentioned, were Steve Glazer and Arlene Pralle. Steve Glazer was a musician turned lawyer and he was bad at both. Except if you're bad at music people can boo you off the stage or turn your demo off. If you're bad as a criminal defense attorney your client gets put in the electric chair as Wuornos was. Steve Glazer spent the entire documentary smiling and singing as though he didn't have a care in the world. It was all too vexing to see his smug, self-righteous, predatory face every shot with a s--- eating grin, singing a stupid song, or justifying his pathetic lawyering.
After him was Arlene Pralle. She looked like a missing member of the Manson Family. She looked utterly vapid and vacuous, and she had a voice to match. In all of her Born Again wisdom she convinced Aileen to plead no contest which was tantamount to pleading guilty. She and Steve ushered Aileen to death row as though they were doing the Lord's work. If that didn't make her repulsive enough, she also sought to make money off of Aileen like many others had. She was a horrible human being and she was too dumb to know.
We didn't get to see much of Aileen that wasn't archived footage. It would've been nice to hear her fully explain what she'd been through and what she'd done. No one will ever know the complete truth, but I'd like to hear from her a lot more than the slimy people she found herself attached to.
