Ryan Murphy’s controversial Netflix drama in regards to the Menendez brothers has been criticised by the household as a “grotesque shockadrama”.
A assertion launched by 24 members of the Menendez household has attacked Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, which is presently the primary TV programme on the platform, and expressed disappointment that nobody was contacted by Murphy and co-creator Ian Brennan.
Posted on social media, the assertion calls the present “a phobic, gross, anachronistic, serial episode nightmare that isn’t solely riddled with mistruths and outright falsehoods however ignores the newest exculpatory revelations”.
Lyle and Erik Menendez had been convicted in 1996 of murdering their mother and father, a criminal offense they blamed on the extreme bodily and sexual abuse they’d suffered by the hands of their father. They continue to be in jail to this present day.
The collection, which is a part of the Monster anthology strand that began with a success Jeffrey Dahmer drama in 2022, has been referred to as a “character assassination” by the household.
The assertion was shared by Tammi Menendez, spouse to Erik, who additionally posted his response final week. He referred to as it a “dishonest portrayal” and criticised the “horrible and blatant lies” within the collection.
Murphy responded to this assertion earlier this week. “I believe it’s fascinating that he’s issued a press release with out having seen the present,” he stated. “It’s actually, actually exhausting, if it’s your life, to see your life up onscreen.”
The collection explores the sexual abuse within the Menendez family whereas additionally hinting at an incestuous relationship between the brothers which has come underneath fireplace because it premiered on 19 September. Robert Rand, a reporter who lined the trial and wrote the 2018 ebook The Menendez Murders, has referred to as this assertion “a fantasy”.
Murphy defended the inclusion, claiming that the collection is “presenting the factors of view and theories from so many individuals who had been concerned within the case”. The makers had been closely concerned with Dominick Dunne, a reporter on the time, within the making of the present.
The brand new Menendez assertion has slammed Dunne as “debunked” and accused him of “slander”.
This week has additionally seen Netflix announce a brand new documentary referred to as The Menendez Brothers that can use “in depth audio interviews” with these concerned with the trial, together with Lyle and Erik. Will probably be launched on 7 October.
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, which stars Javier Bardem and Chloë Sevigny, racked up over 12m views in its opening weekend, sufficient to place it on the high of the charts however beneath the numbers of Dahmer.
Critics have been largely detrimental of their response with the Guardian’s Jesse Hassenger calling it “exhausting” and “repetitive” whereas Selection’s Aramide Tinubu criticised it for having “no concept what it needs to be”.
The subsequent season was not too long ago confirmed and can comply with the infamous killer Ed Gein, to be performed by Charlie Hunnam. Gein was seen as inspiration for Norman Bates, Leatherface and Buffalo Invoice.
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