Ryan Murphy defends JFK Jr. show as nephew Jack Schlossberg calls it grotesque: Its not fair

He’s on the defensive.Superproducer Ryan Murphy is blasting critics of his upcoming show “American Love Story,” which is about the ‘90s it-couple, John F.Kennedy Jr.

and Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy.“It’s very interesting that people become so inflammatory,” Murphy told Variety in a story published Thursday. He was referring to the backlash when he posted a “first look” photo of actors Paul Kelly and Sarah Pidgeon in costume in the roles last week. Critics derided the clothing as being “completely off” and looking like “Zara,” and failing to capture the essence of the fashion icons. “This is OFFENSIVE” one indignant fan posted on Twitter, alongside the photo of Pidgeon in costume. Another critic blasted it as, “This is so Zara Basic 2015.” “Her blonde hair is all wrong,” wrote another person.“She was famous for the varying blonde tones, the highlights and lowlights.

It should be warmer.Not platinum.

Please try again.”“Doesn’t capture the essence of CBK,” another person commented. “Nope.Accuracy & research in costume design.

Even in test photos.I’m underwhelmed.That shade of blonde…You can’t just throw on a modern (cheap) coat and thinks it’s giving this,” they concluded, sharing a photo of the real Bessette-Kennedy. Murphy told the outlet that the actors’ outfits were not pieces they’ll wear on the show.

Rather, they were thrown together for lighting and color tests – to get ahead of the paparazzi set photos when the production films in New York City. “There were comments like, ‘I hate that coat, Carolyn would never have worn that,’” Murphy said.“That was just a coat we threw on for color.People were writing, ‘How dare you use the No.

35 Birkin bag? She wore a 40!’ Yes, we have a 40 but we just threw on a bag from another costume department because that was the sound stage we were on.”He said he had a 10-person “style advisory board” to put together Bassette-Kennedy�...