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Bill Genovese - Get Over It

posted 8 years ago by fdny72
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Congratulations on your Netflix movie. Glad to see you profited off your sisters death.

It's been over 50 years, the murderer has been caught, served a 50 year prison sentence and died prison. Law's have been changed as a result of your sister death. Get over it. Your not the only one in this world that's lost a family member to a horrific crime. I have a book on the holocaust I can sell you.

PS. Thank you for your service in Vietnam. God Bless America and the Troops fighting for our freedom.

[–] cookiela2001 8 years ago

I think part of his interest in the case is that he was not told the details when he was a child...and could not bring himself to look into the specifics (such as trial transcripts, etc.) until years later.

Part of the attachment has to do with family bonds...the victim was a beloved older sister that he only had good memories of. To walk away from the memory of her I imagine could feel like a huge betrayal, an abandonment.

Also...with it being such a high profile case that's become part of our popular culture, I'm sure he's constantly reminded of it.

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[–] fargoesto11 8 years ago

I would say to you fdny72, don't judge a man until you walk in his shoes.

Oh, wait...

[–] rpressley 8 years ago

I came here to say the same thing..... LET IT GO!!

[–] kmjohnson65 8 years ago

Telling someone to "let it go" smacks of what's wrong with our society. Time doesn't heal all wounds, and for people to judge how one works on their grief astounds me. Lack of compassion and humanity.

[–] fdny72 8 years ago

What more else can society do for Bother Bill Genovese ? His own brother told him to let it go. Its been over 50 years. His sister killer was caught, convicted and died while serving 50 years. But now poor ole Bother Bill decides to display his grief in a Netflix documentary.

I will extend my grief to the suffering families of unsolved murders.

Hope Brother Bill enjoys his Netflix profits....

[–] prahakrava 8 years ago

so what? people deal with things in different ways (like his brother dealing with it differently). who the hell are you to tell someone to get over the brutal murder of his sister? why should it even bother you so much? weirdo

[–] laurieann74 8 years ago

Thank you! I am so glad said that to the OP. What a jerk! They say "get over it" until something horrible happens to their own family.

[–] saturnchick 8 years ago

Seriously, the imdb message boards are an experiment in how random strangers enjoy treating each other in a grotesque way. What satisfaction could the OP possibly derive from telling Bill Genovese "to get over it"? The only honest answer is: attention.

Screws fall out all of the time. The world's an imperfect place.

[–] JDono 8 years ago

Bingo.

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[–] elainet-507-617018 8 years ago

I think he wanted to finally find out if it was fact or fiction that not one person had tried to help his sister or even call the police for help. The reason it was different from other murder cases was the fact we expect if we were being attacked an others were aware of it that they'd try to help us but the shocking thing with Kitty was that it was stated that people just ignored her screams because that's the way society was going at the time and that nobody wanted to get involved even when a vicious assault was taking place.
I'm sure it was some comfort for him to find out that wasn't really the case at all. He found out she didn't die alone either but in the arms of a friend. I know if it were my sister that I'd find it hard enough to move on from the fact she'd been horrifically murdered but to be told nobody lifted a finger to help her even though they heard her screams begging for help would keep me bitter about it for a lot longer. I'd lose a lot of my faith in humanity and my belief that most people are inherintly decent.
I'd imagine that Bill will now have some peace of mind and be able to come to terms with Kitty's death after learning that people did phone the police etc and didn't just ignore his sisters cries for help.
You're right that people are murdered every day but it was what has basically now been uncovered as mostly myth which made her murder that bit more shocking. Also he did say that a lot of his life choices were made because he believed that you should stand up for people and always help,which was a lot to do with the fact he thought that no-one had done this for his sister. Even signing up for Vietnam where he lost his legs was in part to do with this belief. I hope that now he'll be able to "get over it" well as much as anyone can get over the murder of a family member.

[–] stepsonglass 8 years ago

people like you are seriously insane. why watch it to begin with if you dont care about the case? this documentary began filming in 2004....long before netflix was ever popular. it was a 10 yr process and tells the story of a brother who was a child when his sister was murdered and trying to come to peace with it.

is that not what we all do with dead relatives? let them live on through us and our stories....

how do people always find the worst in everything. it must suck to be you.

i thought it was an excellent documentary. we could all be so lucky to have a family member who would care that much for us 50 years after we pass.

[–] StarrKitty 8 years ago

OP sounds like a freaking moron. I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't even watch the whole thing. He/she sounds full of bile and hateful. You're right it must suck for whoever this person is to be so nasty and bitter and judgmental.

[–] dmode112378 8 years ago

Thank you!

[–] risingapple 7 years ago

it must suck to be you.

This sums it up.

[–] leiastarkiller 8 years ago

Well when one of your siblings gets brutally murdered, be sure to let us know how long it takes you to get over it.

[–] suzannetf 8 years ago

I think the beginning started very strong with the criticism of integrity in journalism. When the "truth" in the narrative is more important for the writer than the truth, how does that affect people actually involved?

I found the investigative process interesting (the newsmen admitting the story was written as a moral did more for me than the witnesses recounting their versions).

A similar story that appears in textbooks but took someone years to really investigate was Henrietta Lacks and her Immortal Cells. That's also over 50 years old but a family still lives with their knowledge and own misunderstanding of what happened.

[–] activista 8 years ago

@fdny72

Look, troll, no one just "gets over" a sibling's death, or the death of anyone they were very close to---it just dosen't work like that. Also, if he wanted to supposedly profit off her death, why wait 52 years to do it? On top of that, you insult the man about getting a film made to uncover the truth behind his sister's death, that praise him for his service, like that's supposed to take away the BS you just said? Just shut up---you just came off as arrogant, stupid, and very inconsiderate. You need to get the hell over yourself and stop telling people what they should "get over."

That being said, I read in a book some years ago called Freakonomics about the Genovese murder, and it was the first time I'd ever read anything that challenged the accepted official narrative of what actually happened to her that night. Frankly, it was cool as hell to learn that some people didn't just sit by and ignore her screams for help---a father and son who were interviewed for the book, said they called the police, and someone else shouted at the assailant to get away from her. Knowing all that,I'd like to see the film myself when I get a chance.