POPNOTES | OPINION: Capote Vs. The Swans’ shows writer’s betrayal of friends, squandering of talent

February 22, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.

by Philip Martin

The real Truman Capote with the real documentarians David and Albert Mayles, in an outtake from the Mayles' 1966 documentary “A Visit With Truman Capote” In the FX series, “FEUD: Capote Vs. The Swans,” the Mayles make a fictional film about Capote's famouys “Black and White Ball.”
The real Truman Capote with the real documentarians David and Albert Mayles, in an outtake from the Mayles' 1966 documentary “A Visit With Truman Capote” In the FX series, “FEUD: Capote Vs. The Swans,” the Mayles make a fictional film about Capote's famouys “Black and White Ball.”


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