So why does Love & Death, Max’s seven-episode limited series about the events and characters surrounding the case, feel like such a true-crime bust?Īs the show serves us slices of sugary-sweet, heavily coded small-town drama (occasionally spiced up with a foreshadowed glimpse of the violence to come), we learn that appearance is everything in this community. In terms of true-crime fare, the tale of Betty Gore’s death at the hands of Candace Montgomery has it all: infidelity, housewives behaving badly, feathered bangs, and, most importantly, bloody, bloody murder. After all, by the end of the struggle, 30-year-old mother and schoolteacher Betty will be dead from 41 brutal ax wounds, and Candy will be the only one left alive to tell the story.Īnd oh, what a story it is. The declaration is blunt, leaving no room for interpretation. Urn:oclc:869561144 Republisher_date 20120725031453 Republisher_operator Scandate 20120724190532 Scanner .“I’m gonna kill you,” Betty Gore (Lily Rabe) sputters as she fights her former friend Candy Montgomery (Elizabeth Olsen) for control of the ax that will soon end her own life. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 17:07:26 Bookplateleaf 0002 Boxid IA104019 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Donorīurlingamepubliclibrary Edition Random House trade pbk.
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