For our second last week of Jack the Ripper texts, we're checking out made-for-TV movie The Ripper (1997)

Starring Patrick Bergin, Gabrielle Anwar, and MVP Samuel West, this version of the story dispenses with the mystery and identifies The Ripper ~22 minutes in.

Plus: prioritizing the romance over the investigation, Bergin as a good guy, queer coding, and why we can tell this was helmed by a female director (Janet Meyers).

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