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How Feud’s Capote, His Swans, and His Demons Compare to Real Life
The anthology series returns with a vengeance and a fluid relationship with the historical record.
The FX limited series is based on Laurence Leamer’s 2021 book, Capote’s Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era, though executive producer Murphy, lead writer Jon Robin Baitz, and their team do rely on other sources to bring the drama. Nine years earlier, he’d solidified his placement in American literary history with the release of In Cold Blood, a groundbreaking work of narrative nonfiction investigating the 1959 murder of a Kansas farming family, as well as the capture and execution of the killers, that made Capote a bona fide celebrity. As the thrice-divorced Slim Keith, Lane serves as Feud ’s central antagonist: Her character takes the lead in banishing Truman from the Swans’s social circles after “La Côte Basque 1965” is published.
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