A Real-Life Clarice Starling Examines Ted Bundy; The Mandalorian’s Hero-Worship Problem; and More

Plus: The Roots of Evil View in your browser | Update your preferences     A daily digest of things to discuss over drinks November 20, 2020   Is This Why Ted Bundy Became a Murderer? Dr. Dorothy Lewis, a psychiatrist and serial-killer expert, explores a provocative thesis in Alex Gibney's new documentary Crazy, Not Insane. R E A D  M O R E »   Kiese Laymon: What Fleetwood Mac, My Mailman, and My Students Helped Me See The author of Heavy says his class conjured a future of hope and pleasure—of being alone, but together. R E A D  M O R E »   After Trump, Does Truth Matter? CNN's Jake Tapper Weighs In Tapper casts skepticism on a Trump "coup" and considers the long-term damage of the president's war on reality. R E A D  M O R E »   Everything You Need to Set the Perfect Thanksgiving Table Wine, flowers, and more that will remind you there are still things to be thankful for in 2020. R E A D  M O R E »   As Gina Carano and Star Wars Fans Clash, Hero Worship Turns to Scorn Political posts have created conflict between the Mandalorian actor and some who once saw her as a champion of inclusion. R E A D  M O R E »   Ivanka Blows Her Cool Over Tax-Fraud Investigations The first daughter is extremely testy about the possibility her father is going to be criminally prosecuted. R E A D  M O R E »   From the Archive: The Roots of Evil When serial killer Ted Bundy went to the electric chair after 10 years of scrutiny on death row—and countless reports, television programs, and books—he was still a chilling enigma. Composed, lucid, personally charming, the man who defended himself at his own trial seemed to have no connection with the other Ted Bundy, the depraved monster who lured at least 30 girls to gruesome deaths. Then, in 1989, Myra MacPherson obtained the exclusive help of psychiatrist Dr. Dorothy Lewis, who was with Bundy for his last hours, and reconstructed the formative roots of a serial killer. What she found was a reality very different from his mother's picture of a normal childhood and adolescence—and Bundy's own claim that pornography was to blame. R E A D  M O R E » Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. Sign Up Now     This e-mail was sent to you by VANITY FAIR. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2020. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.