Embarrassment maybe because we did not reach out to her before . And hurtful , yes . However there is dark comedy in all tragedies . A horrible one in this case. She was not a tight wad but a good business woman and her husband was also . Personally they were always thought of as a couple as they were nice to my family and generous with their time . I feel this movie does not have anything to do with their lives and is only a making for a great dark comedy . I am a distance relative and still which I could have saved her from this tragedy . Shirley will be perfect for her role as depicted for this particular part of M’s life . (as seen from strangers point of view )
I freakishly look forward to this movie . eeeeek

And the movie isn’t about that either.

I grew up near Carthage and know this story. The real Bernie shot the real Marjorie Nugent in the back four times and put her in the freezer and proceeded to spend her money, but the movie is not about that. The movie focuses on how this whole town of idiots didn’t want Bernie prosecuted. Even the preacher at his church defended him and what he did. The had to move the trial to another town because nobody in Carthage would convict Bernie. The movie is about how Carthage is a town full of self righteous moronic backwoods hicks who thought it was okay for Bernie to kill Marjorie because she was hateful and nasty and he was so generous with her money. That’s the comedy – the people of Carthage! Not the fact that Bernie murdered Marjorie in cold blood. They all wanted Bernie to go free so they could keep getting the money that he so freely doled out.

Read the above over reacting comments.

Its inspired by a true story but this will not be a movie telling that story.

It is a comedy. Nothing that happened to Ms Nugent was comical.