While America's first self-made woman landed her story on Netflix, Martha Stewart is not quite fond of some parts of it. Now, why does Martha hate her own Netflix documentary? Here's what she said.
Why Does Martha Stewart 'Hate' Her Documentary on Netflix?
Directed by R.J. Cutler, who previously helmed The September Issue, Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry, and Elton John: Never Too Late, the documentary Martha wishes to tell the story of one of America's greatest self-made icons.
That, however, doesn't seem to resonate with what Martha Stewart picked up from the recently released documentary.
"R.J. had total access, and he really used very little [from her archives]," Stewart told The New York Times, "It was just shocking."
Martha couldn't grasp how the particular scene where she 'looked like a lonely old lady walking hunched over in the garden' didn't unfold the way she had hoped it would. The scene was supposed to be more profound than that.
According to Stewart, "Boy, I told him to get rid of those. And he refused. I hate those last scenes. Hate them."
"I had ruptured my Achilles tendon," Stewart explained, "I had to have this hideous operation. And so I was limping a little. But again, he doesn't even mention why — that I can live through that and still work seven days a week."
The Netflix Documentary Focused 'Too Much' on Martha's Time in Prison
Despite what the documentary trailer promised, Martha doesn't seem to live up to Stewarts' standards.
For one thing, Martha focused more on the the five-month sentence in federal prison in 2004, which Stewart considers a 'vacation', "It was not that important. The trial and the actual incarceration was less than two years out of an 83-year life. I considered it a vacation, to tell you the truth."
But the documentary also missed the opportunity when it comes to Martha's preferred camera angles and musical score, "He had three cameras on me and he chooses the use the ugliest angle," Martha said.
She wanted rap music, but the Netflix documentary chose classical music. And the documentary doesn't even mention her grandchildren, which is one of the things she wanted.
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Meanwhile, Martha is now available to stream on Netflix.
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