The series tries to tackle the twisted case of the Menéndez brothers who murdered their parents, but it ends up turning a family tragedy into a cheap spectacle.
Everything else aside, Javier Bardem deserves an Emmy for it. He is amazing. The dude is a Spaniard and he went so far as to use the Cuban accent of a man who's lived in an English speaking environment for 30+ years while delivering his Spanish lines. Why?!? Who is that for? That's going the extra 100 miles.
TLDR: total rant below but you’re better off reading it than watching some Ryan Murphy intestinal tripe 🙏👋
He did basically the same kind of grimy leer with the Ted Bundy thing (I think? I try to avoid his work) & IIRC the mother of one of the victims then said a similar thing.
The well-known actors he hires are wasted (save the gem performances like Javier Bardem’s sounds like), & the unknown actors he hires are… I’m sure they’re lovely people 😬 & totally didn’t get hired bc RM wanted to fk them 🫠
Ryan Murphy’s work is glitzy tawdry mediocrity that really wants to be as out there as, idk, a Lady Gaga video. Glee was a flimsy opportunity to sell bad iTunes covers of pop songs. Pose was the rare thing he’s done that made anyone better for watching. American Horror Borey wouldn’t make for daytime talk show material on Shudder.
Idfc care about his Emmys or Tonys, his shit is bad and it just makes us worse for spending time with it. Watching his stuff feels like I’m eating a salad made of cash that a 19yo crystal-sniffing himbo pulled out of his sweaty Florida-summer sock to pay for a pack of menthols.
This is really the only part of your rant that I was familiar with. So I can confirm: Kurzgesagt really is one of the best things you can spend time watching.