‘Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story’ Collapses Into Familiar Stereotypes in Ryan Murphy’s Latest Misfire
Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s latest entry in the Monster franchise tries to connect one female killer to another, but the result is a flattened, sensationalist exercise that reduces women to the crimes committed against them and the crimes they later commit. Rather than offering psychological depth or historical insight, the series leans on the same lurid shorthand that has long defined Murphy’s most uneven true-crime work.
