BetterButter May 2, 2023 Share May 2, 2023 Netflix and Ryan Murphy’s ‘Monster’ Anthology to Focus on Menendez Brothers in Season 2 2 Link to comment
BetterButter January 16 Author Share January 16 Nathan Lane, Javier Bardem and Chloë Sevigny Join Ryan Murphy’s ‘Monster’ Season 2 1 Link to comment
BetterButter February 6 Author Share February 6 ‘Monsters’: Leslie Grossman Cast As Judalon Smyth In Ryan Murphy’s Netflix Series Link to comment
Snazzy Daisy August 29 Share August 29 The cast of Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story Javier Bardem and Chloë Sevigny star as parents Jose and Kitty Menendez. Newcomers Nicholas Alexander Chavez and Cooper Koch portraying brothers Lyle and Erik Menendez. Nathan Lane also joins the cast as investigative journalist Dominick Dunne, who covered the trials for Vanity Fair. Ari Graynor will play Leslie Abramson, one of the most prominent Los Angeles defense attorneys in the ’80s and ’90s who becomes lead counsel for Erik Menendez. Leslie Grossman (American Horror Story) will play Judalon Smyth, a former patient and mistress of Erik Menendez’s therapist, Dr. Jerome Oziel, who found herself entangled in the Menendez case — and who ultimately played a key role in Lyle and Erik’s arrests. Dallas Roberts will play Dr. Jerome Oziel, the self-protective and not-entirely-by-the-book therapist who Erik Menendez sees after the murder of his parents. Jason Butler Harner will play Les Zoeller, the Beverly Hills PD detective in charge of the Menendez murders case. A to-the-point, logical man in search of the truth. Enrique Murciano will play Carlos Baralt, an Americanized Cuban immigrant, professor, and lawyer. He’s the uncle of Lyle and Erik, brother-in-law to Jose Menendez, and the executor of the Menendez will. Michael Gladis will play Tim Rutten. Drew Powell will play Detective Tom Linehan. Charlie Hall will play Craig Cignarelli. Gil Ozeri will play Dr. William Vicary. Jeff Perry will play Peter Hoffman. Tessa Auberjonois will play Dr. Laurel Oziel. Tanner Stine will play Perry Berman. Larry Clarke will play Brian Andersen. Jade Pettyjohn will play Jamie Pisarcik. Marlene Forte will play Marta Cano. Link to comment
Snazzy Daisy September 4 Share September 4 MONSTERS: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story | Official Trailer #1 | Netflix 1 Link to comment
Snazzy Daisy September 7 Share September 7 First-look photos from Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story 1 Link to comment
Snazzy Daisy September 10 Share September 10 Unmasking José and Mary Louise “Kitty” Menendez. 1 Link to comment
BetterButter September 17 Author Share September 17 ‘Monster’ Season 3 Sets Charlie Hunnam to Star as Ed Gein Link to comment
Armchair Critic September 19 Share September 19 Where are the threads for the Menendez season? Link to comment
DanaK September 19 Share September 19 8 hours ago, Armchair Critic said: Where are the threads for the Menendez season? In this same subforum, marked as S02 topics Link to comment
Armchair Critic September 19 Share September 19 6 hours ago, DanaK said: In this same subforum, marked as S02 topics Thanks, they were not here earlier when I posted Link to comment
Snazzy Daisy September 21 Share September 21 (edited) Erik Menendez Slams Netflix’s Monsters as ‘Vile and Appalling,’ Calls Out Ryan Murphy for ‘Horrible and Blatant Lies’ Erik's Statement via Lyle’s FB Page X - Tammi Menendez Edited September 21 by Snazzy Daisy 1 Link to comment
Demian September 22 Share September 22 (edited) Not the show in the media, but the original case: Dominick Dunne's first article about it in Vanity Fair, from October 1990. It clearly shows how little he thought of psychological defenses for murder. (Note: Might be paywalled, but it shouldn't be, if Conde Nast's not stupid.) P.S. Is there a way to bump this show to the main forum page? This, American Sports Story, and Agatha All Along all premiered this week and are absent, while stuff like Madam Secretary, Mare of Easttown, and Ray Donovan are still up there. Edited September 22 by Demian 1 Link to comment
Snazzy Daisy September 23 Share September 23 Documentary on Netflix! The Menendez Brothers | Official Trailer | Netflix Link to comment
Snazzy Daisy September 24 Share September 24 New photo of Evan Peters and Cooper Koch on the set of Ryan Murphy’s “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.” Source - X Link to comment
Snazzy Daisy September 24 Share September 24 10 Things Netflix’s The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story Got Factually Right Link to comment
Snazzy Daisy September 24 Share September 24 Ryan Murphy Addresses CRITICISM of 'Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story' (Exclusive) | E! News Link to comment
hoodooznoodooz September 25 Share September 25 I am now obsessed with these homicides. In 1989, I was living in Manhattan. I saw headlines and footage of those distinctive hairstyles and sweaters over dress shirts. But the people with whom I was hanging out were not discussing this case. I had no idea the shootings were so brutal. I am listening to podcasts voraciously. In one, they describe how when they were bagging Jose’s body (hiding this in a spoiler because it’s extremely graphic), Spoiler his brain detached from his skull and slid across the marble floor. I am surprised that Erik objects to this Ryan Murphy portrayal, because in my opinion, he comes across as sympathetic. Was Brooke Shields a senior when Lyle was a freshman at Princeton? Now I want to know more about Kitty and Jose’s families. Link to comment
Snazzy Daisy September 26 Share September 26 Cooper Koch... ‘Monsters’ Cast Responds to Erik Menendez Slamming the Series: ‘You Should Probably See It Before You Speak Out Again’ Link to comment
Snazzy Daisy September 26 Share September 26 MONSTERS Season 3: The Ed Gein Story Everything We Know Link to comment
Snazzy Daisy September 26 Share September 26 (edited) Monsters’ Nicholas Alexander Chavez Takes a Swing at Sharing His Thoughts on Lyle Menendez, Erik’s Objections and the Brothers’ Guilt Quote “When you’re playing a character like this, you want to remove as much judgment as you can and empathize as much as you can. Ultimately, I understand that some of the behavior that he has in this show is difficult for people to digest but my performance sits at the nexus of so many things. It sits at the nexus of the research I have done, the scripts I was given, the direction that I was given and the strong interpretation and point of view that I formed of this person who is, in my view, one of the most enigmatic human beings to have lived in the last 100 years.” Edited September 27 by Snazzy Daisy Added a YT clip! 1 Link to comment
Snazzy Daisy September 27 Share September 27 Posted by Tammi Menendez via X Quote “This is the official response from Joan VanderMolen (Erik's Aunt) and the Menendez Family to the Netflix Series - Monsters, the Lyle and Erik Menendez Story and to Ryan Murphy.” 1 Link to comment
Snazzy Daisy September 27 Share September 27 Ryan Murphy On ‘Monsters’ Criticism From Menéndez Brothers’ Family Who Call Series “Phobic” & “Gross”: “I Feel Like That’s Faux Outrage” Murphy said that the series is “the best thing that has happened to the Menéndez brothers in 30 years”. Quote “It’s everywhere. Their case is suddenly a water cooler conversation. A lot of people think that they were dealt a bad hand in that second trial, a lot of people think they should get a new trial, and I think having those conversations are good. And I know that from prison, the boys have told people in prison that they’re glad about this show because it is launching so many conversations. So, if we’re doing anything that can further a conversation about abuse and also ask the question ‘was that second trial fair?’ then I did my job.” 1 Link to comment
Snazzy Daisy September 27 Share September 27 Javier Bardem , Chloë Sevigny REACT to Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story reception | Radio Times Link to comment
Snazzy Daisy September 29 Share September 29 NEWS ‘Monsters’ Star Cooper Koch Spoke to Erik Menendez About Netflix Series During Prison Visit Quote “We walked in the [prison’s] gymnasium, and the first person that I saw was Erik. And we locked eyes, and he smiled and I smiled, and we hugged each other. And it was really, really powerful and emotional. It was an amazing experience. And he — both of them were so kind, and they’re so normal.” Link to comment
gesundheit September 29 Share September 29 Is there any media outlet doing one of those episode-by-episode "Fact vs Fiction" features? I've seen some broad strokes for the whole series but nothing that does much of a deep dive. (I found one for American Sports Story but not this one.) 2 Link to comment
Snazzy Daisy September 30 Share September 30 Monsters | Nicholas Alexander Chavez on Lyle's Shocking Toupée Moment | TVLine Link to comment
Snazzy Daisy October 4 Share October 4 Ryan Murphy Predicts Menendez Brothers Will Be ‘Out of Prison by Christmas’ Quote With news today that a court hearing has been set for Erik and Lyle Menendez as Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón considers new evidence that they were allegedly molested by their father, Murphy may consider extending the season. “I think what I would be interested in doing, if Nicholas [Alexander Chavez] and Cooper [Koch] would agree to do it, is maybe one or two episodes that continue the story.” 1 Link to comment
Snazzy Daisy October 15 Share October 15 Monster Season 3 Adds Laurie Metcalf as Ed Gein’s Mother, Two More to Cast Quote Laurie Metcalf is about to play the mother of a Monster. The Emmy winner has signed on to play the mother of infamous killer Ed Gein in Season 3 of the Netflix true-crime anthology Quote Monster Season 3 cast will also include Tom Hollander, who just worked with Murphy on FX’s FEUD: Capote Vs. The Swans, as Psycho director Alfred Hitchcock and Olivia Williams (The Crown) as Hitchcock’s wife Alma Reville. Link to comment
Snazzy Daisy October 15 Share October 15 Tom Hollander as famed “Psycho” director Alfred Hitchcock. Link to comment
GATenn November 13 Share November 13 My future husband who already has a boyfriend Cooper Koch is quite a find and has skillfully navigated questions and criticisms about the show: https://www.out.com/gay-tv-shows/monsters-cooper-koch-response-empathy-erik-menendez#rebelltitem2 And some funny facts about him: https://ew.com/monsters-star-cooper-koch-acting-teacher-gay-voice-8728594 https://ew.com/cooper-koch-nude-scene-monsters-8728083 He just seems so sweet and funny. Link to comment
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