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# The Assassination of Gianni Versace Recap, Episode 5
- URL: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/the-assassination-of-gianni-versace-recap-episode-5/
- Published: 2018-02-19T19:45:42.000Z
- Updated: 2018-02-19T18:36:21.000Z
- Author: Jessica  
- Tags: #wp, #wp-gallery, #slideshow, #Import 2026-10-07 07:55

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These scenes with Gianni, Antonio, and Donatella are VERY compelling to me, although at this point in the series, they also kind of feel as if they've been ported in from a show that's more about Versace's life. I obviously wanted to include this so you can see Versace's amazing wall of books. 

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And this was a nifty shot -- and that's a glam jacket on Donatella, who is arguing against Gianni's coming out publicly because she thinks it might hurt the business; 1993 was a very different time. 

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I did have to kind of laugh in this scene; Gianni is explaining to Donatella why the Advocate interview is important to him, and all Edgar Ramirez does is walk to various work stations, briefly stand next to them, and then walk to the next one. It seems like...an unrealistic look at his atelier. That being said, I actually thought this scene was really interesting and illuminating. I didn't know, for example, that Perry Ellis had died of AIDS, and nearly collapsed on his own runway, which is incredibly sad. I'm currently reading Tina Brown's *Vanity Fair Diaries --* [which are dishy and great, and you'd like them, I think; ](https://amzn.to/2FdTWOE?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)a lot of the Amazon reviews are like, "there's so much name-dropping!" but when you're EiC of Vanity Fair, you have a lot of names to drop -- and much of it is about the AIDS crisis in New York in the early 90s, and it's so sad and poignant. There is also a whole bit here where Gianni is talking about how he should have died, but it's a miracle that he didn't, and again the show is kind of vague about whatever medical issue he's talking about: IS he talking about AIDS? (I also wonder how much of this vagueness is due to the show's unwillingness to get sued by the Versace family.

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This is a very naive question, but what do we think Andrew is injecting into his toe? He seems too peppy for it to be heroin? I am assuming it's speed, but this is not my area of expertise.

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It made me laugh in the Vulture piece where they noted, essentially, "we do not know if Andrew had a creepy stalker wall of anyone in San Diego." (He did NOT have a creepy stalker wall of Versace in Miami.) Nevertheless: there's no better way in TV to explain that you're dealing w. a real crackpot. FWIW, this vaguely reminds me of my own shrine to Ralph Fiennes when I was in college.

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I'd like to commend the costumer for absolutely nailing Man Denim of the Early 90s.

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Darren Criss is SO GOOD at being...very alarming even when he's ostensibly being nice.

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This actress, Sophie von Haselberg, is Bette Midler's daughter, which I figured out because I thought, "WOW, she looks like Bette Midler."

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I thought the Jeff Trail storyline tracing his time in the military -- he's terrified that people will find out he is gay -- was really, really moving. I also think this INSANE COMIC the Navy gave to officers to explain Don't Ask Don't Tell seems BONKERS. Can you imagine being the artist who had to make this thing?

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