To this day, I believe that Betty believes it was either her or them.
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The narrative that she constructed for herself is the reason that she finally killed.
Then the older I got, I realized I had almost everything in common with Betty, Cunningham says.
Ive created a life thats safe for me.
When I find out someone is lying to me about anything, its devastating.
There was no exploration of the psychology behind this, Cunningham said.
I was really scared to be someone who was a murderer and then also was abusive.
Betty didnt have another outlet.
Unlike most true-crime shows, Cunninghams rendering of the Broderick saga features no villains.
At my age, I know that hatred and jealousy dont spontaneously generate, Cunningham said.
Theyre not created in a vacuum.
Betty is very human.
you’re free to be sympathetic toward her and angry with her in the same moment.
But my sympathy ended when she let herself into Dan and Lindas house while they were sleeping.
There is a difference between justifying actions and just trying to explain them.
Some of these stories, like Lorena Bobbitts, are told like cautionary tales for men.That crazy woman!
Neither the writers nor Peet reached out to Broderick before production.
When I acted it, I tried not to be judgmental, Peet said.
She did commit some horrific acts even before the murders, and that was difficult.
She did use her children as leverage.
Ultimately, I think it was a sign of her mental illness.
Cunningham, who made her directorial debut on the seventh episode, hired only women to helm the series.
Kiley directed four episodes, including the pilot and the finale.
Meera Menon, Kat Candler, and Shannon Kohli directed one each.
There was not a time where you had to explain very hard why Betty did something.
All of our directors were like, Yup, got it.
You could understand she was slipping into another frame of mind.
And thats the frame of mind that eventually leads to her doing the incredibly wrong thing.
I want to be as respectful as I can.
I just think a large part of Betty regarded them as an extension of Dan.
And that started with the kids.
He had everything; he could afford to be generous.
One person who wont go along for the ride is Betty Broderick herself.
If it is untrue, it would upset me.
