Maybe he doesn't consider Ronnie to be important or influential, so the stakes are low. The above dialogue exchange is heartbreaking because Ronnie is so vulnerable, but it's actually one of Cunanan's few honest moments: he knows, at this point, that he's living on borrowed time and is going to be caught, and that Ronnie will eventually deny knowing him for his own good.īut that's not the only moment where Cunanan is unexpectedly honest with Ronnie. It almost seemed like Cunanan might have made a friend in Ronnie, the wiry Miami Beach local played by New Girl's Max Greenfield-if Cunanan were capable of feeling anything for anyone, which is highly debatable at this point in the story. That was real, right?” “When someone asks you if we were friends, you’ll say no.” I wish I were more engaged by Versace's relationship with Antonio, but their scenes together feel strangely lifeless to me, and I think it's because Ricky Martin is miscast in this role.įX 4) "We were friends. "You've given him nothing," she spits-not stability, not respect, not children-and though she doesn't say this explicitly, it's clear she blames Antonio for Versace's inferred illness, in light of their proclivity for three-ways. Antonio claims Donatella has never been supportive of his relationship with Gianni, despite how long they've been together, while Donatella clearly feels that Antonio has never been a real partner to her brother.
This week-between Versace's illness and the company's struggle to stay relevant in a changing fashion landscape-exacerbates their differences. In the aftermath of Versace's death last week, it was clear that these two do not see eye to eye. If everybody wants you, why isn’t anybody callin’?Ĭan't imagine why Cunanan would sing along to this with such gusto! 3) Versace's illness brings out long-buried tensions between Donatella and Antonio. He lands, instead, on a station playing Laura Branigan’s "Gloria," a peppy disco fave whose lyrics are actually deeply disturbing if you listen closely: Are the voices in your head calling, Gloria? As he cheerfully drives through South Carolina towards Florida, he turns on the car radio and flips right past a station that mentions his name as a suspect in the murder of Lee Miglin. let's talk about that singing scene.Ĭunanan is utterly elated in the wake of all this bloodshed, and Darren Criss's pure manic energy throughout this episode is breathtaking. At this point, Cunanan had already killed four people, landed a spot on the FBI's Most Wanted list, and stole the red pickup truck he's driving from his fourth victim, William Reese. This won't remain strictly the case throughout the series, but last week depicted Cunanan killing Versace, and this week takes us back roughly two months to the day he first arrived in Miami to stalk Versace. 2) The story of Andrew Cunanan's rampage is being told in reverse. He's become too sick to work, or even walk at a normal pace, and confesses to Antonio that he's becoming bitter as a result. to be killed like this?" Donatella says, quietly heartbroken, after we've seen flashbacks to Versace seeking treatment at a hospital, hiding behind sunglasses until a nurse reassures him, "there are no journalists here." Though the terms HIV and AIDS are never used, the implication is clear: Versace has a condition which requires a cocktail of drugs, and he is determined to keep it secret at all costs. 1) According to the series, Versace had already come close to death-and miraculously cheated it-shortly before he was murdered. With that context established, let's get into five talking points from tonight's episode 'Manhunt.' Plus, keep track of this season of American Crime Story with this timeline of Andrew Cunanan's murder spree. 'American Crime Story' Is Andrew Cunanan's Show The Versace family has released a pair of statements denouncing the show as "“sad and reprehensible" and specifically taken issue with its depiction of a "medical condition." In the source material for the series-the book Vulgar Favors, by Vanity Fair journalist Maureen Orth-it is reported that Versace was HIV positive at the time of his death, which the Versace family has always denied. fiction element of the show: Versace's HIV status.
But the season's second episode opens with a discussion of what has become the most controversial fact vs. As I noted last week, it's often unclear whether what we're seeing is a) what actually happened in reality, b) what actually happened in the show's fictionalized version of reality, or c) Cunanan's self-aggrandizing, unreliable version of events. There are a lot of deliberate ambiguities woven into the storyline of T he Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, most of them related to Andrew Cunanan and the smooth, effortless lies he tells about himself.
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