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Culture | TVLove Story on Disney+ review: Can Ryan Murphy avoid the Kennedy Curse?Carolyn Bessette and John F. Kennedy Jr biopic captures the Nineties vibe but doesn’t let its protagonists be messyAdd Evening Standard as a preferred sourceSarah Pidgeon as Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, Paul Kelly as John F. Kennedy JrFXIndia Block21 hours agoReview at a glanceRyan Murphy’s work ethic is something formidable. In the past few months he’s already delivered All’s Fair (the campy lawyer drama starring Kim Kardashian) and The Beauty (shlocky horror about an STD that makes you hot and liable to explode). Now he’s the producer of Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette, the first of an anthology spun off from the American Horror and American Crime series, streaming on Disney+.For Brits who might need some context: John Jr. and Carolyn were essentially America’s Charles and Diana. The only living son of assassinated US President John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy (later Onassis), he was considered the country’s most eligible bachelor until he met and married Carolyn Bessette. She was the original Cool Girl, a Calvin Klein shop girl who rose through the ranks of the fashion house and became an icon of Nineties minimalist chic.

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00:11John, I want to introduce you to Carolyn Bessette.
00:30Carolyn, this is John Kennedy.
00:38Hi.
00:40Sorry, is this a bad time?
00:43What's going on?
00:44JFK Jr. was just here to see Carolyn.
00:48How old were you when you realized you're the son of a president?
00:52I don't think anyone's ever asked me that before.
01:02There's a lot of trade-offs being with someone like that.
01:10Shiny people, they belong to everyone.
01:20There's your world.
01:26And then there's mine.
01:28Every story needs an angle.
01:31A happy couple doesn't sell papers.
01:34There isn't enough exposure in the world to prepare a woman to be your wife.
01:40It's not a question of if I want to spend the rest of my life with you.
01:43It's a question of if I'm cut out to be Mrs. JFK Jr.
01:53Fame takes some things away from you.
01:56But it gives you more.
02:01You understand?
02:02This family means something to people.
02:05Everything in my life has changed.
02:08You'll never be given the benefit of the doubt again, Carolyn.
02:11The whole world will be watching you.
02:13They won't leave it alone!
02:16It's your choice what you want them to see.
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