“Those last scenes with me looking like a lonely old lady walking hunched over in the garden?
“And he refused.
“It was not that important,” she said.
Martha Stewart in ‘Martha’.Courtesy of Netflix
“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… the trial itself was extremely boring.
Even the judge fell asleep.
Martha Stewart being filmed for ‘Martha’.Netflix
R.J. didnt even put that in.
The judge wasasleep at the bench.
I wrote it in my diary every day.”
But what archival material were and were not used form the primary arc of her ire toward the doc.
Among the most grievous omissions were her grandchildren (“Theres not even a mention.
And these grandchildren areutterly fantastic.
“), her various travels (“My love of travel wasnt mentioned.
My trip up Kilimanjaro wasnt mentioned!
That was the fun part, all of these stories.
R.J. didnt get any of that in the movie.Can you imagine?).
Drewill probably score it, or [Snoop Dogg] or Fredwreck.
I said, ‘I want that music.’
And then he gets some lousy classical score in there, which has nothing to do with me.”
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What she did like aboutMarthaalso illuminates for Stewart the surrounding areas for improvement.
“And thats the thing I like most about the documentary.
It should be aboutshowingthat you’re free to get through life and still be yourself.”
Marthais currently streaming on Netflix.
