Simpson: American Crime Story.
But it wasn’t the people involved in making the show who told her.
I’m so sorry.
Evan Peters in ‘Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story’.Credit: Ser Baffo/Netflix
We hope that you’re proud of the work that we’ve done.'"
“I’m not surprised,” says Goldman.
“The same creator did the same thing to our family.
Author and activist Kim Goldman.Courtesy of Kim Goldman
I’ve seen [this bang out of backlash] from Gabby Petito’s family about theLifetimemovie.
It’s pretty gross.”
(Representatives for Murphy and FX did not respond to a request for comment.)
Jessica Blair Herman and Joseph Siravo as Kim and Fred Goldman in ‘The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story’.FX
Why do you think people love true-crime dramas so much?
KIM GOLDMAN:I don’t know that I understand why.
I know there’s been lots ofstudies doneabout why women seem to be more drawn to it.
[Laughs] But when it comes to true crime, I don’t know.
It’s totally morbid to me in some ways.
I made that assumption about the Ryan Murphy showImpeachmentaboutMonica Lewinsky.
I’m like, “Oh, maybe you got it right this time!”
[Laughs] But it’s upsetting because it’s par for the course.
I am curious if there’s anything that can be done.
And that’s what I’ve been thinking about lately why that process doesn’t happen.
I mean, God forbid you consult, or God forbid you pay a fee.
It’s not like you’re free to’t find people.
They see things on television for the first time.
Do you think that should happen?
And it bugged me!
Now I get to take that [book] with a grain of salt.
I’m trying to think.
I can’t remember a time that we were.
We asked if we could see an advanced copy we were told no.
[Laughs]
But we were absolutely told no, we could not have anything.
I said, “Well, that’s unfortunate.
It kind of works against you.
I didn’t have anything to do with that show being successful or not.
I mean, I was very vocal against it.
We did some program together, and I asked him [why we weren’t consulted].
He said, “Well, it wasn’t victim-focused.”
And I’m like, “Well, that’s the problem.”
[Laughs] I said, “You opened the show with the scene of my dead brother.
It’s kind of tricky.
After watching [People v. O.J.
], I was like, “Well, they definitely painted him as a guilty person.”
But I guess there’s a part of me that feels like, what was the reason for that?
Why bother doing a fictionalized version of something that was on our television [constantly]?
And whynotinclude the family, or just give a heads-up?
I’m not telling people not to [make these shows].
I can’t stop any of that.
But at the end of the day, you’re still exploiting our crime.
Come on, people.
Just have some sensitivity around it.
Peacockrecently premiered a true-crime drama calledA Friend of the Family.
The survivor at the center of that story, Jan Broberg, was an executive producer on the series.
I can still choose whether I want to watch based on my own interest.
Is there an argument to be made that even the shows made with consent do more harm than good?
I don’t think [true crime] is going to stop.
Very seldom do you often see it from a victim’s perspective.
She was just flipping around, and there it was.
Imagine how jarring that is for someone.
I mean, how insensitive!
It’s not hard to find us.
I know [the response] is going to be, “First Amendment!”
I know it’s public domain I get all of that, but we’re talking about human decency.
How do you want these conversations to change the narrative around the true crime genre?
They determine the direction of our episodes.
Just be mindful that we see all of that.
We may not comment, but we get pinged, and people forward it.
