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  "id": 8114612,
  "title": "‘Lizzie Borden’ Cast on Treating the Story as a Comedy, the Joy of Playing a Sadistic Character and Finding Empathy for a Bloody Monster: ‘I Understand This Person’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/lizzie-borden-cast-on-treating-the-story-as-a-comedy-the-joy-of",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-17T21:55:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
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    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/tv/features/monster-lizzie-borden-ella-beatty-1236866041/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "“Don’t you worry: I look after my axes,” Charlie Hunnam says proudly with an impish grin. At the moment, he’s not in character but rather marveling at a hobby he picked up before filming “Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story.” In it, he plays Lizzie’s father, an undertaker who is fine chopping a client’s legs off […]",
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      {
        "outlet": "TheWrap",
        "title": "‘Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story’ Fact Check: What’s Real and What’s Not?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/monster-the-lizzie-borden-story-fact-check-whats-real-and-whats-not",
        "published": "2026-09-17T16:00:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Hollywood Reporter",
        "title": "‘Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story’ Team on Painting a Portrait of Female Rage — and Leaning into Lesbian Theories",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/monster-the-lizzie-borden-story-team-on-painting-a-portrait-of-female",
        "published": "2026-09-17T17:45:44.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The A.V. Club",
        "title": "Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story's premiere has the axe, but no point",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/monster-the-lizzie-borden-storys-premiere-has-the-axe-but-no-point",
        "published": "2026-09-17T18:21:12.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}