Netflix recently debuted a sequel series to the controversial Ryan Murphy show Monster. Monster depicts the life and crimes of Jeffrey Dahmer, but the program drew criticism for allegedly romanticizing the notorious serial killer.
That backlash didn’t deter series creator Ryan Murphy. Not even a little bit. The American Horror Story showrunner is back at it again with season two. The second season of the anthology crime series is called Monsters, and it focuses on the notorious Menéndez brothers, who are currently serving a life sentence for the murder of their parents. The series dropped on Netflix on September 19th and currently stands as the most-watched show on the platform.
The Menéndez siblings say that they killed their mother and father in self-defense because their caregivers repeatedly victimized them. However, the prosecutor on their case and the public were not sympathetic to their claims. In the years since their conviction, the case has found new life on TikTok, with Gen Z content creators sympathizing with the brothers and seeing the case through a modern lens. However, the Menéndez brothers don’t seem particularly pleased with how Murphy portrays them on the program. Erik Menéndez recently posted a statement from his brother Lyle’s Facebook account, saying the show takes him aback.
Erik’s passionate post claps back at Murphy for depicting the siblings as possibly having a homoerotic relationship, among other things.
“I believed we had moved beyond the lies and ruinous character portrayals of Lyle, creating a caricature of Lyle rooted in horrible and blatant lies rampant in the show,” Erik said. “I can only believe they were done so on purpose. It is with a heavy heart that I say, I believe Ryan Murphy cannot be this naive and inaccurate about the facts of our lives so as to do this without bad intent.”
He continued by saying: “It is sad for me to know that Netflix’s dishonest portrayal of the tragedies surrounding our crime have taken the painful truths several steps backward — back through time to an era when the prosecution built a narrative on a belief system that males were not sexually abused, and that males experienced rape trauma differently than women.”
Watch the trailer for Monsters on Netflix
That statement certainly gives me pause. I didn’t watch the first season, and I’m not overly inclined to watch the second. However, if you’d like to evaluate the series yourself, you can do just that on Netflix.
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