Ryan Murphy Breaks Silence Over ‘Dahmer’ Series Controversy: Did Creator Speak to Victims’ Families?
Many online users have been protesting against "Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story" on Netflix as they deem the show insensitive for reliving the stories of the victims without consulting their family members. Today, creator Ryan Murphy is speaking out to clarify some things.
In a panel event, the legendary creator said he and his team researched the storyline for the hit series "for a very long time."
When they were in the process of writing the script and story in a span of three and a half years, Murphy clarified they reached out to over 20 of the victims' families and friends to get their side of the story in order for the show to be accurate.
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However, he alleged that none of them responded during the pre-production process.
"We reached out to around 20 of the victims' families and friends trying to get input, trying to talk to people and not a single person responded to us in that process," he told the crowd. (via NBC Los Angeles)
Since they have no first-account statements in order for the story to be accurate, the creator clarified that they rely "very heavily" on a group of researchers that did their best to uncover the truth of the victims and the characters involved in Dahmer's cases.
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Ryan Murphy Gets More Heat After Recent Statement
After the video of his answer made rounds online, it appears that Ryan Murphy amassed more criticisms due to his response as seen in the reply section of his video.
"Of course they didn't. Imagine losing someone under such brutal circumstances and then being contacted about it whenever someone wanted to make a show about the murderer," one wrote.
"See if that were me the lack of response would tell me that maybe it's not a good idea to move forward with the project," another one wrote.
The latest response comes a month after Rita Isbell, the brother of one of Jeffrey Dahmer's victims Errol Lindsey, spoke out about the series, saying no one reached out to her that a show was being made.
She was also surprised to see the re-enactment of her testimony on the show.
Isbell added that Netflix never asked permission for her to be a part of the series. She later alleged that the show was all about money as the streaming giant is "trying to get paid."
