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But then, the subject of this Ryan Murphyproduced series demands such operatic visual language.
We begin in the late 1960s.
Its amid that self-possessed world that we first meet him inFeud.
Hes on a mission to arrive at a Manhattan apartment where his services namely, his presence are required.
But their first meeting comes a bit later in this episode.
(Think you’re free to get that stain out before your cunt wife gets back?
says the mistress.)
Wattss Babe is aghast at the entire thing.
Certain rules, she complains, about how many humiliations one can stand.
She knew about her husbands affair with Happy Rockefeller (the governors wife!
), but this just makes it so much harder to haughtily ignore.
But the scene mostly serves to plant the seed of whats to come.
No truer words are spoken.
Capote is invited to a dinner with the Paleys where his charm is on full display.
Which is what he does.
Capotes swans feathers are all ruffled.
Babe in particular is in shambles.
She trusted Truman with her innermost secrets and long-buried desires, and this is how he repaid her?
With a dishy tell-all that has left her now twice humiliated?
Bill tries to appease her, but shes once again inconsolable.
Better dead than having to deal with the fallout from Capotes libel.
He killed Ann, Slim tells Babe.
We will kill him.
Heres hoping Baitz and this amazing cast give us everything we want and then some.
Wit vs. Beauty
How delicious did that Baked Alaska look?
In case you were wondering, the real Capote was five-foot-three.
Hollander is five-five, the same height as Toby Jones, who played Capote inInfamous.
Any television show that gifts with us Sevigny uttering the words Its bad mojo, kid deserves the world.
You know us southern fags, he said.
We just cant keep our mouths shut.
What do we think of the Saul Bassinspired opening credits?
Who knows, maybe theyll grow on me.
