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Monsters director refuses to meet with Menendez brothers amid series backlash

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Monsters director refuses to meet with Menendez brothers amid series backlash

Despite a lot of backlash for Monsters season 2, director Ryan Murphy sees no point in tackling the show’s subject, aka the Menendez brothers.

The true crime landscape has become a bit more controversial as Murphy’s Netflix series, Monsters, has faced a lot of criticism since its debut.

Season 2 focused on Lyle and Erik Menendez, two brothers who killed their parents, Jose and Kitty, in the family’s Beverly Hills home in 1989.

Murphy’s series has been called “pure evil” by members of the Menendez family, including the brothers themselves, but the director is not looking to meet face to face, telling Variety: “I have no no interest in talking to them. What would I ask them? I know what their point of view is.

The director gave a simple answer when asked by the outlet if he planned to visit the two brothers at San Diego’s RJ Donovan Correctional Center, as did actor Cooper Koch, who played Erik.

Erik Menendez released a statement through his wife, Tammi, on September 21, in which he blasted Murphy and Netflix for spreading “horrible and blatant lies” about the brothers.

“It is with a heavy heart that I say, I believe Ryan Murphy cannot be so naive and inaccurate about the facts of our lives to do this without ill intent,” he wrote.

Menendez also highlighted how the show invalidated survivors of sexual abuse, as the brothers alleged that their suffering from this type of abuse was attributed to their crime.

Nicholas Alexander Chavez as Lyle Menendez and Cooper Koch as Erik Menendez in Monsters on NetflixNetflix

In response to this, Murphy told the outlet: “The family’s response is predictable at best. I find this interesting because I would like to have details on what they find shocking or not. It’s not like we’re making this up. Everything has already been presented. What we’re doing is we’re the first to introduce it in a contained ecosystem. What’s grotesque about that?

“Tammi (and) the family, they’ve always done this and they’ve done it recently – they say, ‘lies after lies’ – but they don’t say what the lies are. They don’t save anything.

The director went so far as to state that he considers the series to be “the best thing to happen to the Menendez brothers in 30 years.”

He added: “Millions of people around the world are now talking about it. A documentary will be released in two weeks about them, also on Netflix. And I think what’s interesting is that we’re asking people to answer the questions: “Should they get a new trial?” » Should they be released from prison? What is happening in our society? Should people be locked up for life? Is there no chance of rehabilitation? It interests me and a lot of people talk about it.

Although Murphy’s show may spark the idea that the brothers’ case should be reexamined, the showrunner has no intention of becoming an advocate for Erik or Lyle’s interests because he doesn’t “believe that you have to be part of this machine.”

Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story is now streaming on Netflix. A new documentary about the case will also be released on Netflix on October 7. Until then, learn more about the case with our guides to the monster spinner and Dr. Jérôme Oziel’s current whereabouts.