Clash – The creator of the Netflix series “Monsters: The Lyle And Erik Menendez Story” responds to criticism of the two convicted of the murder of their parents
Ryan Murphy pulls no punches with the Menendez brothers. The creator of the series Monsters spoke out bluntly about the two brothers convicted of murdering their parents in 1989, with one of them, Erik, calling the series “dishonest.”
“We told the story of Dominick Dunne (the journalist played by Nathan Lane), Leslie Abramson (Ari Graynor), and also that of parents José and Kitty Menendez (Javier Bardem and Chloë Sevigny), whose heads they blew up “, he explained to Hollywood Reporterbefore vilifying the attitude of the Menendez brothers.
A scathing response
“I find it fascinating that they are playing the victim card right now,” Ryan Murphy added. “As if we were going to pity them. I find this reprehensible and disgusting. »
However, the successful producer readily admits the complexity of the matter. “I also think that two things can be true at the same time. I think they may have killed their parents and also been abused. They might have had ambiguous moral character when they were young, and be rehabilitated now. »
Regardless, this more than 30-year-old affair has continued to cause controversy, and this new season of Monsters(…) Read more on 20minutes
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