Monsters is the Netflix series everyone is talking about at the moment. In this second volume, which follows Dahmer, showrunners Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan tackle a new heinous case: the murders of Jose and Keith Menendez by their two sons, Eric and Lyle.
With this new criminal case, the screenwriting duo raises the crucial question: Who really is the monster in this case? Because we find out that the two young men have been abused and sexually abused by their father for over ten years. And even though their mother knew about the abuse, she did nothing.
In episode 5 of the series, which is a long sequence shot, the youngest of the family, played by Cooper Koch, recounts for 35 minutes about the rape his father forced on him and how his brother tried to rape him. A long scene that marks a turning point in the series, especially since it is followed by an episode told from the patriarch’s point of view.
“Terrible Lie”
If the monsters manage to create ambivalence in the portrayal of the characters, it doesn’t seem enough for the two main parties involved. Eric took his displeasure to Richard J. in Otay Mesa. announced from Donovan Prison.
In a letter published by his wife Tami, which was posted on social media the day after the series aired, the head of the family is particularly harsh towards Netflix and Ryan Murphy for the way they mentioned their injuries:
“I believed that we had moved beyond Lyle’s lying and destructive character portrayal to create a caricature of Lyle rooted in the horrible, blatant lies that abound in the show. I just believe they were done on purpose. It is with a heavy heart that I say this: I believe that Ryan Murphy cannot be so naive and inaccurate about the facts of our lives that he does so without malicious intent.
It saddens me to know that Netflix’s disingenuous portrayal of the tragedies surrounding our crime took the truth a few steps back—back to a time when the prosecution built a narrative based on the belief that men were not sexually assaulted and that men experienced rape differently than women. related trauma.
Countless brave victims have confronted and exposed this horrific lie over the past two decades. They overcame their personal shame and spoke boldly. And now Murphy weaves his haunting narrative through gruesome and haunting portraits of Lyle and me, as well as soul-stirring smears.
Isn’t the truth enough? Let the truth be the truth. It is so demoralizing to know that someone in power can undermine decades of progress in uncovering childhood trauma. Violence is never the answer, never the solution, and it is always tragic.
So I hope we never forget that child abuse creates a hundred silent, horrific crime scenes, dark and shadowy behind the glitz and glamour, rarely revealed until tragedy strikes all involved. To everyone who reached out and supported me, thank you very much from the bottom of my heart. »
If Eric Menendez is quite shy about what he criticizes in the series, one thing is clear that these 2 seasons of Monsters are causing a special response on social networks. Subscribers are particularly debating the crimes of the two brothers, and some are even calling for their release after 30 years behind bars.
According to Eric, if the Netflix series was able to “lie” its story, after September 19, the two convicts again received an unprecedented wave of support…
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