Viewers have called out Ryan Murphy’s Netflix series ‘Monsters: The Menendez Brothers’ for sensationalized incest scenes. And Murphy is responding.
There’s a ton of controversy around this show.
It’s not too surprising that a dramatized series about the Menendez brothers would attract some unease, but Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story has become a lightning-rod of controversy for an unexpected reason. Several scenes in the series strongly suggest that Lyle and Erik may have had a romantic relationship with one another, a choice that viewers and case experts alike have called recklessly sensationalized. As the backlash mounted, show creator Ryan Murphy explained the decision to include the storyline.
“What the show is doing is presenting the points of view and theories from so many people who were involved in the case,” Murphy told Entertainment Tonight.
