The birth of Marc Cherry‘s “Desperate Housewives” was a textbook case of art imitating life. According to a 2004 interview with The New York Times, Cherry recalled watching the 2002 trial of Andrea Yates (who was accused and later convicted of killing her five children, a verdict that was overturned in 2005) with his mother and discussing its horrifying details. Baffled, Cherry asked her whether she could imagine such a desperate situation and mental state in which a woman could go as far as to murder her own children. “I’ve been there,” said Cherry’s mother, shocking her son beyond belief.
As the TV writer explained,…
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