REVIEW: ‘Love Story’ takes a cautious approach to Kennedy romance
The series explores JFK Jr. and Bessette’s romance, marriage, media scrutiny, and tragic deaths, inspired by Elizabeth Beller’s biography and executive produced by Ryan Murphy.
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‘Love Story’ recreates a tragic romance. He was America’s prince. She grew up in CT.
Ryan Murphy has added another docudrama anthology series to his portfolio. The man behind “American Crime Story,” “Feud” and “Monster” is now presenting “Love Story,” which will focus on famous couples. The first installment, which premiered Thursday on FX and Hulu, centers on the romance between John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette, who married in 1996 and died in 1999. Kennedy, American royalty as a presidential scion, and Bessette, a fash…
Mary McNamara: 'Love Story' is guilty of the same invasion of JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette's lives that it condemns
Will film and television never tire of riffling through the bones of dead Kennedys? Not this year, apparently. Adding to the already Homeric list of fictionalized depictions of a family so mythically weighted with tragedy that many consider it ...
REVIEW: ‘Love Story’ takes a cautious approach to Kennedy romance
It references the tabloid fascination with their relationship and, in many ways, suggests there’s a template for these kinds of stories. Replace Carolyn with Diana and you’ll note similarities.
Ryan Murphy's new series, Love Story, shines its spotlight on the iconic Jackie Kennedy Onassis, revealing the unknown aspects of her battle with cancer and her decision to leave life on her own terms.
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