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'Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story' is about two brothers who murdered their parents. Here's what the Netflix show gets wrong.
"Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story," the latest buzzy correct crime drama series from Netflix, tells the story of two brothers who killed their parents in 1989.
When put on trial, the brothers claimed that their father, José Menendez, had abused them both since childhood and that their mother, Mary Louise "Kitty" Menendez, enabled his behavior.
The series is the latest offering from producer Ryan Murphy, who is best known for helming the "American Horror Story" anthology series, as adequately as true-crime shows including "Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story" and "The People v. O. J. Simpson."
"The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story" takes some dramatic license with the brothers' personal lives and streamlines some of the legal proceedings to fit the limited series.
Here's what the show gets wrong about the case.
José Menendez likely didn't see who killed him
The series depicts José (Javier Bardem) and Kitty Menendez (Chloë Sevigny) seeing their sons, Erik (Cooper Koch) and Lyle (Nicholas Chavez), walk into their room holdin
How Incest Among Brothers Set up Its Way Into ‘Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story’
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Of the clever and controversial storytelling devices and tactics that were introduced in Ryan Murphy’s hit series Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, one storyline remained a puzzler, particularly after it launched a press war between the hit-making producer and the family of the still-incarcerated brothers.
One of the most watched TV series last year came under fire for the bad-taste inclusion of the incest storyline. Why did a series rooted in facts, while playing with shifts in perspectives, intermittently portray the brothers as having an incestuous relationship? This insinuation, which comes early in the series, leaving its suggestion in the air for the remainder, has no basis in fact and sticks out in a series rooted in actual events. Yet, it was a small piece of the brothers’ story that played out behind the closed doors of a jury room.
Netflix’s limited series portrays the double murder of José and Kitty Menendez and the years-long trials that spring from the tragedy. It was one of the streamer’s bigge
This story originally aired on March 2, 2024.
Lyle and Erik Menendez have been behind bars in California for more than three decades for the 1989 killing of their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez. Convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to experience in prison in a case that captured the nation's attention, they had no hope of ever walking free. But novel evidence may change that.
Erik chose not to communicate with "48 Hours" for this broadcast, but Lyle did, speaking with contributor Natalie Morales by cell from RJ Donovan Express Prison in San Diego, California.
Operator: You contain a prepaid call from—
Lyle Menendez: Lyle Menendez …
Operator: This call and your telephone number will be monitored and recorded.
Natalie Morales: Hi, Lyle. Can you hear me?
Lyle Menendez: Hi. Yeah, I can hear you.
Natalie Morales: What did you think when you heard about these … new claims and evidence …
Lyle Menendez: I intend, for me, I just was happy … 'cause it's a burden to be telling what happened to you and just have so much challenge in the public air.
The question is not whether the Menendez brothers killed their parents. They own up that the
Erik Menendez actor Cooper Koch was told his "gay voice" would stop him getting roles before Monsters
8 October 2024, 22:04
By Sam Prance
Cooper Koch, who plays Erik Menendez in Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, is gay in actual life.
Cooper Koch has revealed that he was once told that he would not be able to book roles because of his "gay voice".
It's unachievable to imagine Monsters: The Lyle And Erik Menendez Story without Cooper Koch. The series has sparked controversy over how it approaches the story of the Menendez brothers. However, both Nicholas Alexander Chavez and Cooper Koch and have been praised for how they portray Lyle Menendez and Erik Menendez in the show.
Before Monsters though, Cooper was struggling to land any roles and an acting coach blamed how Cooper speaks.
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story trailer
In 2022, Cooper earned critical acclaim for his performances in the queer horror films Swallowed and They/Them, but he was rejected from multiple auditions afterwards. Speaking to Edge Media at the time, Cooper said: "Well, let's get one thing str
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