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Dominick Dunne’s Tragedy Looms Large Over Netflix’s "Monsters...
The Menendez brothers, Lyle (Nicholas Alexander Chavez) and Erik (Cooper Koch), are far from the only two “monsters” in this Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan-created season of television. Though the series is focused on the brothers’ 1989 double murder of their parents Jose (Javier Bardem) and Kitty (Chloë Sevigny), the narrative quickly expands to incorporate other monstrous recent events from the U.S.’s lurid true crime history.
One of those events is the tragic murder of actress Dominique Dunne in 1982. Episode 7 “Showtime” follows Dunne’s father, Dominick (Nathan Lane), as he continues to struggle with her death and allows it to tinge his coverage of the Menendez murders for Vanity Fair. But just who was Dominique Dunne, what happened to her, and why does her case loom large in Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story? Allow us to explain, with sourcing from People‘s “An American Tragedy That Brought Death to Actress Dominique Dunne Now Brings Outrage to Her Family,” Vanity Fair‘s “A Death in the Family,” and “Justice,” and other periodicals when indicated.
Dominick Dunne’s Tragedy