Netflix’s “Self Made”: What's Fact and What's Fiction?
Netflix takes some liberties in its portrayal of Madame CJ Walker, a trailblazing Black entrepreneur.

A story based on real-life serial killer Dennis L. Rader, who systematically tortured and killed his victims for over two decades and evaded the police for over 30 years, all while leading a seemingly normal life as a husband, father, security officer and church president.
Netflix takes some liberties in its portrayal of Madame CJ Walker, a trailblazing Black entrepreneur.
Our protagonists perform as the opposite gender while still preserving the parts of their personalities that makes themselves who they are.
I'm bad, and that's good. I will never be good, and that's not bad. There's no one I'd rather be than me.
Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony-winning musical translates beautifully to the screen.
The film basically says she was a lost cause from the start. We don't get a sense of who Marilyn was.