September 26, 2024: Ryan Murphy says “Monsters” is the “best thing” that’s happened to the Menendez brothers in 30 years.
Murphy doubled down on his defense of the show in an interview with Variety published on September 26. He described the family’s response as “predictable,” adding he wanted them to be specific about what they “think is shocking.”
He said: “It’s all been presented before. What we’re doing is we’re the first to present it in one contained ecosystem. What’s grotesque about it? … Tammi [and] the family, they have always done this and they did this recently — they say, ‘lies after lies’ — but then they don’t say what the lies are. They don’t back up anything.”
Murphy added that the series is “the best thing that has happened to the Menendez brothers in 30 years” and noted that it has brought their case back into the spotlight.
He said: “They are now being talked about by millions of people all over the world. There’s a documentary coming out into two weeks about them, also on Netflix.
“And I think the interesting thing about it is it’s asking people to answer the questions, ‘Should they get a new trial? Should they be let out of jail? What happens in our society? Should people be locked away for life? Is there no chance ever at rehabilitation?’
“I’m interested in that, and a lot of people are talking about it. We’re asking really difficult questions, and it’s giving these brothers another trial in the court of public opinion. From what I can tell, it’s really opened up the possibility that this evidence that they claim that they have, maybe that there is going to be a way forward for them.”