**"Netflix Really Out Here Trying to Turn a Literal Murder Into a *Love Story* Remake"**
“Netflix really out here trying to turn a literal murder into a Love Story remake”
Y’all, I just watched the trailer for the new Mackenzie Shirilla doc, and I have questions. For anyone who hasn’t been doomscrolling true crime TikTok for the past year: this 19-year-old Ohio girl drove her car 100mph into a wall, killing her boyfriend and his boy. Her defense? “I don’t remember, must’ve been a seizure, bro.”
The doc is framing it like some tragic, star-crossed lover narrative with slow-mo shots of her crying in court and dramatic string music. Meanwhile, the dashcam footage (which, btw, exists and is haunting) shows her flooring the gas pedal like she’s trying to beat a speeding ticket—not, you know, accidentally having a medical episode.
AITA for thinking this is just a 21st-century version of that “she asked for it” energy? The judge literally said she had “the intent to kill” and called it a “crime of passion.” But the doc is titled something poetic like “Love, Lies, and a Wall.”
TL;DR: Rich girl gets 15-to-life for double murder, but Netflix wants you to feel bad for her because she had a sad childhood and Googled “how to fake a seizure” twice. The comments are already split between “she’s a psychopath” and “she’s just a girl who made a mistake.”
8/10 for production value, 2/10 for not just calling a spade a spade. 🚗💥