Feud
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The 2nd installment of FX’sFeud , titledCapote Vs . The Swansreleasedits first two episode , leap out through multiple timeline and storylines to establish the relationship between Capote and his swan and how they fell apart . Feud : Capote Vs . The Swansis free-base on the true storyof famed American writer Truman Capote and his friendships with six socialites whose intimate lives he exposed in his writing . Feud : Capote Vs . The Swansintroduced all the swans but spent the most time exploring the friendly relationship between Capote and Babe Paley .
TheFeud : Capote Vs . The Swanscastfeatures six critically clap actresses as Capote ’s penny-pinching friends and Tom Hollander as the man himself . The role player substantiate the seven real - life multitude who pass vary degree of renown through their various work . Some of the swans ’ name and story may not be immediately placeable to viewers , butFeud : Capote Vs . The Swansposes them as some of the most important people in New York gamy high society during their time .
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14Truman Convinced Babe To Stay With Bill
Babe’s husband had many affairs
Feud : Capote Vs . The Swansopened with Babe ( Naomi Watts ) in a moment of crisis in her marriage , make her to bank on Truman , her best champion and intimate . Babe was matrimonial to Bill Paley ( Treat Williams ) , known as the father of forward-looking broadcast medium , though their spousal relationship had been loveless for many class . She was aware of his many affairs , but he crossed the line with Happy Rockefeller , the First Lady of New York at the prison term , which appeared to be Babe ’s final pale yellow .
However , Truman convinced Babe to stay with him . He told her that now she had the upper script in their relationship and she should let Bill bollix her while he tried to apologise . She followed Truman ’s advice and Bill did just that , using gifts as a substitute for beloved .
13Truman Spread The Rumor That Ann Murdered Her Husband
He claimed the Woodwards covered up the crime
Feud : Capote Vs . The Swansfrequently leap between different timelines to provide further backstory for the characters . Episode 1 flashbacked to the first time Babe and Bill meet Truman on a trip to Jamaica . At dinner party , he told them that Ann Woodward ( Demi Moore ) had murdered her husband with spitefulness . The former radio actress had wipe out her husband , but it had been rule an accident .
Truman claim that Ann ’s in - laws , the Woodwards , had covered up the offense to spare their small fry any shame and superfluity and keep their mother out of jailhouse . no matter of whether she actually murder him , the hearsay bed covering . His nickname for Ann , “ Bang Bang , ” follow her and cast her from gamy high society .
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12Truman Struggled Personally While Trying To Write About The Swans
He never completed the novel
While Truman may have been the goner of the political party in Jamaica , some years down the line of reasoning , his life story was come down apart . Feud : Capote Vs . The Swanscaptured his downfall as well as the destruction of his relationship with the swans . He was never able-bodied to complete his novel , probable because of his nitty-gritty ill-treatment issues . Truman ’s inability to grow work also meant that he was broke and even owed his bring out company money for missing multiple deadlines after taking his advance . In attempting to deplume down the swans , it appeared that Truman was also ruining his own life .
11The Swans Nickname Has An Important Meaning
Truman gave them the nickname himself
The first time Truman uses the “ swan ” nickname inFeud : Capote Vs . The Swanswas in one of his first conversation with Babe . She had been in a car accident that left her with facial scarring and had to get rehabilitative surgery . Due to this , Truman say the accident was the best thing that ever happened to her , as it turned her from an“ugly duckling”into a“swan . ”
Truman discover Babe as“perfect,”almost too much so . However , this was just on the surface . Like swans , the socialite glided gracefully below the surface , but there was more to see below . To stay rudderless , swans splash around frantically , offering an important metaphor . The swans may seem above everything , but in reality , they struggle just like everyone else .
10Ann Confronted Truman At Lunch
They used to be friends
Truman proved himself to be unpatriotic when he turned on Ann inFeud : Capote Vs . The Swans . He easily and gleefully spread the rumor about her , writing about it even though they ’d once been close friend . While Truman was at lunch with C. Z. Guest ( Chloë Sevigny ) , Slim Keith ( Diane Lane ) , and Babe , Ann in public and angrily confronted him for betraying her .
Truman prove no disgrace , claiming she deserved it after she ’d call him a gay slur behind his back . Rather than traverse it , she threw a drunkenness in his face and corrected him on the phrasing . This provide a vision of what was to come for the other swan , as Truman showed no hesitation when it occur to turn on them as well inFeud : Capote Vs . The Swans .
9John Told Truman To Write About The Swans
Truman hadn’t initially planned on writing about them
John ( Russell Tovey ) , a banker and aspiring writer whom Truman was having an intimacy with , was also at the volatile tiffin . It had been his first time meeting Truman ’s famous swan , and he was floor by what he ’d get word . Truman had been suffer from writer ’s auction block and was depart to display sign of alcohol addiction . Using the famous advice of “ write what you know,”John told Truman he should indite about the swan , effectively exposing them and all the secrets they ’d shared with him over the years . Truman took his advice and nothing was the same again .
8Babe Was Diagnosed With Cancer
She died of lung cancer in 1978
Feud : Capote Vs . The Swansepisode 2 opened with Babe receiving discussion for her recently name lung cancer . Three year after Truman first exposed the swans in a teaser for a magazine , she would give way of the disease , the day after her 63rd birthday . The episode come after Babe as she fight with the illness and those around her come together to make her comfortable . The deathly diagnosing made Truman ’s betrayal and the loss of his friendship all the more terrible and heartbreaking for Babe .
7Ann’s Suicide Could Have Been Connected To Truman
She committed suicide right before the teaser was published
In November 1975 , Esquire published " La Côte Basque , ” the first installment ofAnswered Prayers , the novel Capote was writing about the swan . In October 1975 , Ann Woodward died by self-annihilation , 20 years after her married man ’s death . Slim claim that Ann had get an advanced copy of the Esquire progeny , and it had driven her to suicide .
Slim was n’t the only person who believed that Truman had essentially kill Ann . At her funeral , her son foretell out Capote by name , as well as everyone who had ever gossiped about her , as her true killer . It ’s indecipherable whether Truman and " La Côte Basque ” work a part in her suicide , butFeud : Capote Vs . The Swanspainted it as the motif .
6Slim Plans To Get Revenge On Truman
She wants him to suffer the way he made Ann suffer
Though Slim had n’t stuck up for Ann while she was still alive , she was convinced that Truman had cause her suicide and that he should suffer for it . She said that she want to“kill him”like he ’d kill Ann but with a“slow expiry . ”She exhort her friends , Babe , C. Z. , and Lee Radziwill ( Calista Flockhart ) to shun Truman the way Ann had been .
Due to her familiarity to him , Babe seemed loath to do so inFeud : Capote Vs . The Swans , but followed her friend ’s want . C.Z. was the most hesitating , while Lee feel the same way of life as Slim . Together , they ensured that Truman was shut out from lodge despite his many attempts to earn their friendship back through gifts and letters .
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5The Swans Haunted Truman
He saw visions of them while drunk
In the aftermath of the publishing of " La Côte Basque , ” Truman left New York for Hollywood . There , he tried his hand at behave , but his substance abuse issue got in the way . While filming a scene in a drunken stupor , he began to envision the swans on curing . Though he never said so , he seemed to regret his betrayal inFeud : Capote Vs . The Swans . At the very least , he seemed to regret the wallop it had on his friendships and his standing in high society , which he had n’t expected when he decide to expose them .
