Feud
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Well, it was perhaps too good to last.
Were back in 1975, the day after theEsquireexcerpt ofAnswered Prayerscame out.
Babe is furious at her husband and at that other love of her life, Truman himself.
And Truman is adrift, at a loss how to move on.
(It involves a sacrificed swan at the dinner table.)
Listen, a series likeFeudwas always going to take artistic liberties.
more than any episode before this one.
Now, though, with Baldwins stewardship, were finally given an unvarnished look.
We see a crass Slim using self-deprecating humor (Formidable excellence is code for a dry hump!)
to illustrate how the gossip they share is a way to maintain their own social status.
All while Didos Lament from Henry PurcellsDido and Aeneasopera trills in the background.
Oscar FYC campaigning is getting out of hand!
And he told me the plot of his new book.
And he said, I just wanted to verify its not one of those problem novels, you know.
And I said, Jimmy.
Your book is about a Negro homosexual whos in love with a Jew.
Wouldnt you call that a problem.
Which brings us to the one line about Baldwin Capotes readers may be more familiar with.
As for other gay writers of the time, like, say Gore Vidal?
Hes dancing in joy at my misfortune.
Voodoo doll in hand.
(The list goes on!)
