'Home of Hammer' tries to attach Armie Hammer allegations to his household historical past

Muricas News has reached out to a consultant of Hammer for touch upon the sequence, which notes that Hammer declined to be interviewed.

"Home of Hammer" spends most of its first chapter laying out the allegations in opposition to Hammer, together with interviews with two girls, Courtney Vucekovich and Julia Morrison, relating to their relationships with him.

But "Home of Hammer" goes nicely past that a part of the story, increasing to embody the "darkish misdeeds," as Hammer's aunt Casey Hammer places it, related to different members of the Hammer household, relationship again to patriarch Armand Hammer, the billionaire oil tycoon.

It is there the place the sequence often feels as if it is considerably overreaching, not solely in its stylistic selections -- with eerie music and cameras panning down darkened hallways -- however by seemingly making an attempt to color the Hammers' alleged habits by the years as one thing greater than excesses related to energy and privilege, however nearly some kind of inherited evil.

Casey Hammer thus turns into a centerpiece of the docuseries, having written a e-book, "Surviving My Birthright," alleging abusive or unsavory habits related to males in her household. Towards the tip of the docuseries, she meets with Vucekovich, commending her for the braveness to talk out, amid representations of the social-media abuse that she and others have skilled for doing so.

"Home of Hammer" clearly has a narrative to inform, however its salacious strategy lacks the main target or self-discipline to do its most intriguing facets justice.

Particularly, there is a case to be made that Hammer members of the family have used their wealth, and the political energy related to it, to keep away from penalties. The depth of these connections are bolstered by footage of Armand Hammer hobnobbing with presidents, showing on speak reveals and rubbing elbows with excessive society, having hosted a personal Palm Seaside occasion with Prince Charles and Princess Diana in 1985, 5 years earlier than his loss of life.

Nonetheless, attempting to straight hyperlink varied alleged transgressions throughout generations dangers being problematic. Administrators Elli Hakami and Julian P. Hobbs nonetheless maintain returning to that theme, in addition to extra modern questions surrounding the "Name Me By Your Title" star and whether or not his profession can recuperate going ahead.

Whereas questions surrounding Armie Hammer stay comprehensible sources of media fascination and a spotlight, the extent to which these points may be traced to his household historical past serves as a trickier proposition. Maybe that is why it looks like Discovery+ has constructed "Home of Hammer" on a rickety basis.

"Home of Hammer" premieres September 2 on Discovery+.