The just lately launched Netflix’s Monsters Season 2, which encapsulates the troubled lives of brothers Erik and Lyle Menendez, has left everybody divided attributable to its contentious material. As such, many critics and consultants, together with Erik Menendez himself, have come out to lift questions on the legitimacy of Ryan Murphy’s Monsters, including to the controversy. Now, in a latest interview, the co-creator has come out to answer the backlash surrounding the present.
Ryan Murphy says ‘the Menéndez brothers needs to be sending me flowers’
Ryan Murphy has acknowledged that the Menendez brothers needs to be grateful to Netflix’s Monsters, as a substitute of inciting controversy.
Whereas speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, the showrunner doubled down on his ideas relating to Erik and Lyle Menendez’s latest feedback. “The Menéndez brothers needs to be sending me flowers. They haven’t had a lot consideration in 30 years,” Murphy stated. “And it’s gotten the eye of not solely this nation however everywhere in the world. There’s kind of an outpouring of curiosity of their lives and within the case. I do know for a indisputable fact that many individuals have provided to assist them due to the curiosity of my present and what we did.”
Regardless of Murphy’s robust statements, he additionally disclosed that he by no means anticipated an appreciative remark from the Menendez brothers or their household within the first place. As a substitute, he insisted that the main target of Monsters was primarily to spotlight the problem of sexual abuse from the get-go. “I used to be eager about, particularly, the subject of male sexual abuse, and I needed to speak about it,” Murphy stated. “It’s one thing in our tradition we hardly ever speak about.”
Erik Menendez beforehand claimed in a press release that Murphy introduced a “naive and inaccurate” portrayal of the brothers’ lives. Writer Robert Rand additionally seemingly uncovered a factual error within the present in a later interview. The Menendez Murders author highlighted how the incestuous angle depicted between the convicted siblings within the present deferred from actuality.
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story premiered on Netflix on September 19 to blended evaluations. However, as per Leisure Weekly, the sequence appears to be raking in nice numbers on the streaming platform.
