The DARK Side of Truman Capote & How He BETRAYED His Swans [Documentary]

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  • Why did Truman Capote betray the secrets, dreams and desires of his annointed swans? What made him do it and why did he stop short of full exposure when he died before finishing Answered Prayers.
    This hour + long documentary explains it all.
    If you watched to the end, there is a surprise chapter of Answered Prayers that has been recently discovered that I’ll tell you about.
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Komentáře • 327

  • @fabulouswomeninhistory
    @fabulouswomeninhistory  Před 2 měsíci +108

    If you would like to see long videos like this one more often, let me know! Thanks for watching!

    • @jaclynholland-strauss7054
      @jaclynholland-strauss7054 Před 2 měsíci +6

      You possess the perfect voice for narration. Wonderfully informative video, also.

    • @timnicholas1832
      @timnicholas1832 Před 2 měsíci +7

      I wouldn't mind long videos, especially if they are as interesting as this one.

    • @fabulouswomeninhistory
      @fabulouswomeninhistory  Před 2 měsíci +3

      @jaclynholland-strauss7054 Thank you for the positive and inspiring feedback!

    • @fabulouswomeninhistory
      @fabulouswomeninhistory  Před 2 měsíci +4

      @timnicholas1832 Glad to hear it. I am leaning towards doing more long videos and appreciate your encouraging feedback.

    • @meredithguarducci809
      @meredithguarducci809 Před 2 měsíci +3

      Definitely... You're really good

  • @cissiepierce664
    @cissiepierce664 Před 2 měsíci +160

    Truman Capote was a vicious little toad! Talented, but totally self absorbed and self centered. He infiltrated and exposed the deepest feelings and thoughts of his “friends”. With a “friend” like Capote who needs enemies?

    • @4MAGA
      @4MAGA Před měsícem +17

      If he were not famous no one would delve into his history trying to explain away his horrid behavior

    • @AnneAndersonFoxiepaws
      @AnneAndersonFoxiepaws Před měsícem +6

      Absolutely, I would have said something similar but have already been suspended for speaking my mind, your opening made me laugh its so true!

    • @imhere653
      @imhere653 Před měsícem +2

      ​@@AnneAndersonFoxiepaws
      Could be worse. Capote was ditched and vilified. You hold your head up high. We'd have missed out on a lot of great stuff if it weren't for the rebels that came before us and thankfully, exist among us. If you're fortunate enough to have the tits it takes to speak up and own it, luxuriate in your rarity, gurrrl!

    • @user-uf5nv5cb3b
      @user-uf5nv5cb3b Před měsícem +3

      ​@@AnneAndersonFoxiepawsI just did a 12° stretch in YT jail. Free speech does not exist in CZcamsania..

    • @WobblesandBean
      @WobblesandBean Před měsícem +1

      ​@@AnneAndersonFoxiepaws CZcams truly is the worst.

  • @foxibot
    @foxibot Před 28 dny +7

    He made Jackie Kennedy’s sister Lee mad because she confided to him she was jealous of her own sister. And he told everyone.

  • @jeanne2b2b22
    @jeanne2b2b22 Před 2 měsíci +105

    I agree with ellebassa above. All men who have disasterous relationships with their mothers, subconsciencously take it out on the females in their lives, teachers, friends, wives, and even their daughters. If and when a man truely forgives his mother, is when he can see each female for who they truely are. The gift of forgiveness is the best gift to yourself.

    • @JS-ti8ny
      @JS-ti8ny Před měsícem +15

      This is why what Capote did to Anne Woodward imo is tantamount to murder. Capote is a classic sociopath who knew precisely how and what to do to get into his “swans” heads.
      Remember men and especially women were MUCH simpler then. It was much easier for a wormy self absorbed narcissist with a deep seated hatred towards his mother to lurk these women and learn what triggers them. Capote, in spite of or because of his diminutive nature caused these women to completely let down their guard, a massive mistake with a Sociopath/Psychopath like Capote. Capote targeted Anne Woodward!

    • @canopusstar5157
      @canopusstar5157 Před měsícem +10

      That is sadly true. I had my own run-in with such a sociopath. He’s sitting in jail now.

    • @caroleminke6116
      @caroleminke6116 Před měsícem

      Narcs can’t forgive anyone because they take no responsibility & are incapable of loving anyone because they loathe their true nature

    • @AnneAndersonFoxiepaws
      @AnneAndersonFoxiepaws Před měsícem +6

      Thats true to an extent but theres also jealousy and, I believe, thats what drove this toxic little creep more than wounds inflicted by his mother.

    • @spikesgirl9371
      @spikesgirl9371 Před měsícem

      I don't agree with all men. There are very few absolutes.

  • @tracytrebilcox
    @tracytrebilcox Před 2 měsíci +146

    The feuds didn't destroy his career, but his addictions did.

    • @NinjaGrrrl7734
      @NinjaGrrrl7734 Před 2 měsíci +41

      They both did. It wasn't one or the other: life is rarely so simple. Part of the problem of trying to discuss this is we haven't ever found a language that would be equal to the complexity of describing human interactions well.

    • @fabulouswomeninhistory
      @fabulouswomeninhistory  Před 2 měsíci +9

      @NinjaGrrrl7734 Well said!

    • @deminnie5838
      @deminnie5838 Před 2 měsíci +12

      Absolutely! The world was waiting with bated breath for him to write and create again. He could of done anything. He was no longer socializing in a group of people, he wasn't shun from the arts and the public by any means....in fact quite the contrary.

    • @Odanti
      @Odanti Před 2 měsíci +8

      Truman was never destroyed. We are still talking about him.
      And people will continue to read his books.
      ❤️🙏❤️

    • @robertafierro5592
      @robertafierro5592 Před měsícem +8

      I was thinking the Same Thing!! I think he had Liver Disease. No wonder he was depressed! When you're on the way out, of course, your mental state suffers! I guess he felt he had nothing to lose. Things change. Life changes. People come and go. Sometimes it's a blessing.

  • @robertafierro5592
    @robertafierro5592 Před měsícem +25

    When you base your friendship on those you Hate, you will implode. My dog said that years ago..

  • @emanaeemanae4002
    @emanaeemanae4002 Před 2 měsíci +60

    I wouldn’t have let it slide if I was a “swan”. Capote would have been torn up! Swans ride at dawn 🙄😭😂

    • @kgraham5820
      @kgraham5820 Před měsícem +3

      😂😂😂 the "Swans ride at dawn" part really got me cracking up!! 😂😂😂
      Perfect hair, makeup and attire for some @$$ kicking!! Right On!

    • @rm4519
      @rm4519 Před měsícem

      😂😂😂😂love that!

  • @LKre-vi5oq
    @LKre-vi5oq Před 2 měsíci +40

    He was a social zero, the swans took him in. He was desperate to become a member of their vaunted circles, and they accepted him. After his savage, thinly veiled written assault on them, they turned on him en.mssse, and it shattered him. Regardless of the viciousness and cruelty of his attack, I'm always stunned at how shocked he was when they shut him out. What an absolute idiot he was.

    • @tilesetter1953
      @tilesetter1953 Před 25 dny +3

      Why on earth would anyone would want to be with those ignorant, self absorbed, frivolous people, I will never understand!

    • @TracyD2
      @TracyD2 Před 7 dny

      I guess he thought he was that charming.

  • @catherinegearhart2102
    @catherinegearhart2102 Před 2 měsíci +27

    I suspect that Babe Paley thought attaining “perfection” would result in happiness. She never realized that happiness doesn’t come from others; it comes from within.

    • @caroleminke6116
      @caroleminke6116 Před měsícem

      All narcissists are perfectionists & only have black or white thinking

    • @WobblesandBean
      @WobblesandBean Před měsícem +3

      It's pretty hard to do that when you're a woman in 1950. Women couldn't even open their own bank account until the 1970s. They were completely dependent on men for money.

  • @beantoes9627
    @beantoes9627 Před měsícem +16

    Lee Radziwill dated Onassis before Jackie married him. How crushing for 2 sisters who were constantly comparing themselves.

    • @vikki4real
      @vikki4real Před 25 dny

      I remember that! That act would have brought down any sisters relationship, and especially one that was obviously, not so privately fractured, such as Jackie, and Lee's was! I believe that Jackie knew exactly what she was doing, when she married Onassis. And how it would devastate Lee. Ah family, sometimes you can't live with them, and you can't live with them ( yes, you read that right, lol). ✌🏾💜💜

  • @princerupert6161
    @princerupert6161 Před měsícem +19

    They were the women he always wanted to be.. To quote wilde... Each man kills the thing he loves... In capotes case, he did it with a pen.

    • @Kari.F.
      @Kari.F. Před měsícem

      Every DAMAGED man. And every damaged woman for that matter. They can't really love the way mentally healthy people do.

  • @fasteddie9055
    @fasteddie9055 Před měsícem +6

    Truman Capote is portrayed on screen in the classic 1998 movie ''54 '' . He plays a very popular and active member of the Studio 54 fast-paced crowd.

  • @panninggazz5244
    @panninggazz5244 Před měsícem +10

    I used to hang out with a kid who was desperate to mow his lawn....we were in Berkeley in the 1980s, and this young man had some fantasy that if he could become Truman's lawn mower guy that Truman may help him publish his punk rock memoir book....

  • @ellebassa9288
    @ellebassa9288 Před 2 měsíci +68

    The wounds from his mother beld into his friendship with the Swans,and he took revenge on the swans as a way of taking revenge on his mother.

    • @mizfrenchtwist
      @mizfrenchtwist Před 2 měsíci +9

      @ellebassa9288.......no excuse , he's not the only one , who's came up under those circumstances . seems his biggest cross to bear ,was his appearance🤨🤨🤨🤨.................

    • @ellebassa9288
      @ellebassa9288 Před 2 měsíci +9

      @mizfrenchtwist I'm not using that as an excuse i'm just saying that as an observation, In no way am I excusing his behavior i'm just saying this is probably why he did what he did.

    • @mizfrenchtwist
      @mizfrenchtwist Před 2 měsíci +11

      @@ellebassa9288.........i see , he was a twisted little man , nobody's friend..........

    • @jewels3895
      @jewels3895 Před měsícem +4

      Narcissist Gay

    • @caroleminke6116
      @caroleminke6116 Před měsícem

      Narcissistic personality disorder

  • @ratso4443
    @ratso4443 Před měsícem +9

    He was scarred from childhood and very self-destructive. Success, money, fame were the last thing he needed.

  • @visualdog
    @visualdog Před 2 měsíci +28

    Great deep dive into the psyche and history of Truman and his swans! Can't believe there was another chapter - Yachts and things! Thanks for the link and for all your hard work!

    • @fabulouswomeninhistory
      @fabulouswomeninhistory  Před 2 měsíci +3

      Thank you for letting me know the feedback. I am going to do more long videos!

  • @narrowroad62
    @narrowroad62 Před měsícem +20

    I enjoyed this episode. One thing that wasn’t mentioned about Lee Radziwill and Jackie Kennedy - Lee had been dating Aristotle Onassis for YEARS and he had refused to marry her. Jackie swooped in and stole Aristotle from Lee. It’s a miracle that Lee spoke to Jackie ever again.

    • @joanfourie1753
      @joanfourie1753 Před měsícem +1

      Hilarious

    • @denisecraig3548
      @denisecraig3548 Před měsícem +4

      Most people forget Jackie married Onassis for the money. He “gave her” a million dollars to marry him and was in the process of filing for divorce when he died. He thought he could “buy” her, but the price was too high (when he realized his money was all she wanted). She Wouldn’t even stay in the same country he was in. When he was dying, Jackie had to fly from NY, but “opps” arrived too late. He’d died.

  • @mares3841
    @mares3841 Před 2 měsíci +73

    Credit for IN COLD BLOOD should have had Harper Lee as the co-author. They went on location together and it was she who was trusted by the locals so that they shared their knowledge with her. He took all of her work and all of the glory.

    • @fabulouswomeninhistory
      @fabulouswomeninhistory  Před 2 měsíci +12

      I agree! Thanks for joining the conversation!

    • @HarrietKay-jp8qj
      @HarrietKay-jp8qj Před měsícem +5

      Poor Harper got Nothing....😂 o lord...

    • @pageribe2399
      @pageribe2399 Před měsícem +10

      I was going to add that, too. Glad somebody already pointed that out.

    • @timothyfreeseha4056
      @timothyfreeseha4056 Před měsícem +4

      I agree.

    • @androlibre9661
      @androlibre9661 Před měsícem +6

      really.....that would make interesting deep dive. Ive only read the book, never cared about the back story behind the writing of it, didnt even know Harper Lee was a part of it

  • @dividends4retirement
    @dividends4retirement Před 2 měsíci +28

    Very comprehensive information here. I tend to watch long videos more and more and am really sick of all the trash ai videos on youtube. Your video clearly involved a lot of work and attention. I would rather support your channel and all the lazy history channels that just repeat articles on the internet. Videos like this one are good at pulling information together for a better understanding of the topic, in this case, who Truman Capote was. I really did not know about his machinations in high society and only thought of him as someone who wrote In Cold Blood. Anyway, good job and I hope you do more long videos.

  • @dawnfalvey6766
    @dawnfalvey6766 Před 2 měsíci +20

    I believe Lee Radziwill took the side of Gore Vidal because his mother (Nina Gore) was at one time married to Hugh Auchincloss (Lee and Jackie’s stepfather). Although they aren’t related by blood both Lee and Jackie’s mother and Gore Vidal’s mother were both married to Hugh Auchincloss. Talk about awkward. Gore, Jackie, and Lee shared the same stepfather.

    • @fabulouswomeninhistory
      @fabulouswomeninhistory  Před 2 měsíci +7

      Interesting. Didn't know that. Thanks for adding to the conversation!

    • @PerpetuallyTori
      @PerpetuallyTori Před 2 měsíci +4

      Was that the relation? Thank you! I knew they were connected somehow.

    • @mikimeadows
      @mikimeadows Před měsícem +2

      Gore Vidal, another author whose work was termites to social stability.

  • @homszerrudo1025
    @homszerrudo1025 Před 2 měsíci +14

    He was a malignant gnome obsessed with fame and money. He had talent sure but it was only a catalyst he used ro gain what he really wanted: social recognition and validation.

    • @denisecraig3548
      @denisecraig3548 Před měsícem +3

      Which he lost all in the end-thinking he could “make” society accept him. He learned THAT lesson. When you bite someone, they usually bite back.

  • @the-end-of-my-tether
    @the-end-of-my-tether Před 2 měsíci +21

    That was a lot of research and time and I just wanted you to know I truly appreciate the hard work you put in. I never met the man but I know I don't like him and never will. He used people like he used toilet paper especially the Clutter family and their friends and neighbours. Thank you once again and I look forward to another treat soon

    • @fabulouswomeninhistory
      @fabulouswomeninhistory  Před 2 měsíci +4

      Thank you for the feedback. I appreciate you taking your time to provide me with that inspiration for more long videos. I think you are the first person to draw the comparison of how Capote used the townspeople to get his story for In Cold Blood. Thank you for that as well.

    • @dividends4retirement
      @dividends4retirement Před 2 měsíci +2

      The movie about Capote writing In Cold Blood with Toby Jones demonstrates in a very subtle way but it is there. Even Capote's childhood friend, Harper Lee sees it.

  • @beantoes9627
    @beantoes9627 Před měsícem +14

    These women all look hungry to me

  • @bernadettekavanagh9984
    @bernadettekavanagh9984 Před měsícem +7

    After a messed-up loveless childhood like he had, and the fact there was no therapy of any kind it's hardly surprising he turned out like he did. His talent for writing and surrounding himself with the troubled high class, reflected his past.

  • @debrabader806
    @debrabader806 Před měsícem +4

    Wonderful presentation! I really enjoyed it. The Narrator has a lovely sounding voice as well. Thank you again Debra Bader.

  • @user-oz4cc8hk4r
    @user-oz4cc8hk4r Před měsícem +2

    No, no, no, Gloria Vanderbilt went through a tough time when her oldest son passed away. To make matters worse her psychologist and someone else tried to take advantage of her during those dark years in her life. She barely survived that. Her husband passed away prior to her son. That all takes a toll in anyone’s soul.

  • @lindahughes2289
    @lindahughes2289 Před 2 měsíci +12

    Thank you and THANK YOU FOR USING AUDIO OF TRUMAN'S VOICE !!!! SO MANY DO NOT !

  • @craigezell4261
    @craigezell4261 Před měsícem +5

    In Cold Blood was a dark,brooding,haunting violent movie.And it was a true story.

  • @user-zt6pq5kb9z
    @user-zt6pq5kb9z Před měsícem +3

    Fabulous video, very insightful, thanks. I don't think I've ever said the word bastxxd so often in one hour!! 😂

  • @dr.ronaldcharlesnesbitt9960
    @dr.ronaldcharlesnesbitt9960 Před měsícem +6

    Excellent insight into Truman Capote's life and work. Truly enjoyed your video. Thank you.

  • @freciemagdirila7075
    @freciemagdirila7075 Před 2 měsíci +16

    Thank you for this brilliant documentary.

  • @ladylaura8038
    @ladylaura8038 Před měsícem +3

    Armed with your video, I’m on my way to watch Fued!! Thank you 🎉❤ absolutely prepared 🤩

  • @pauladouglas9891
    @pauladouglas9891 Před měsícem +2

    In spite of everything, he was a very talented writer and many of his phrases were adapted intact into the screenplay of ' Breakfast at Tiffany's '.

  • @vikki4real
    @vikki4real Před 25 dny +2

    Wonderful telling of the life of Truman Capote! I've read just about everything that Truman ever wrote. Starting with Other Voices, Other Rooms (great title). I believe that he was sort of a tragic genius! A tortured, brilliant soul. He could be notoriously petty, and backbiting. But then, by turn, be your very best friend. It was said that, his once dear friend Harper Lee, who wrote To Kill A Mockingbird, fashioned the character Dill, the friend who spent summers with his aunt, and was befriended by the character Scout, was that of Truman. No matter what people thought, or think of Truman Capote, he was fascinating. His end of life was hard, and sad. But, I for one, am glad that he was once here! Thank you, for putting together such a lovely documentary! Your narration, and captivating commentary, held my interest, from beginning, to end!
    🤗💜💜

  • @christophermorgan3261
    @christophermorgan3261 Před 2 měsíci +7

    Breakfast at Tiffany's is a great film but nothing like the Capote book. He wanted
    Marilyn Monroe but the part was given to Audrey Hepburn.

    • @fabulouswomeninhistory
      @fabulouswomeninhistory  Před 2 měsíci +3

      That does seen to happen in Hollywood. Stephen King hated what they did when they first started adapting his books to the screen until her learned how to have more say in his adaptations. Thanks for joining the conversation!

  • @garycolton6522
    @garycolton6522 Před měsícem +4

    There is an old saying. ,Glamour evaporates under close scrutiny!:

  • @traceyestes
    @traceyestes Před měsícem +1

    He was a master with words. Writers tell stories about what interests them. He didn't do anything that other writers haven't done. I loved him. I'm a writer so I know the process. Most don't. He was a fabulous writer and many were jealous. Kids that are abused or neglected have problems.
    Fabulous video. You did a great job.

  • @marinaknife4595
    @marinaknife4595 Před měsícem +3

    Really enjoyed the details in your video -

  • @gloriahufnagel5556
    @gloriahufnagel5556 Před měsícem +3

    I goo of tat say, good or bad, Truman did immortalize them. I don’t think most of us would know most if these Swans, without Feud .. I love stuff like this!

  • @Davidf8L
    @Davidf8L Před měsícem +3

    Thanks for your work and time making this ❤❤❤❤

  • @riverrun3995
    @riverrun3995 Před měsícem +6

    Well done😃Loved it!

  • @kaliwindx7287
    @kaliwindx7287 Před 23 dny +2

    Thank you so much for this excellent work

  • @surlypiratewench1969
    @surlypiratewench1969 Před měsícem +3

    Such a messed up situation. Very sad for all

  • @richardmyers6075
    @richardmyers6075 Před 9 dny +1

    When Keith Richard found out Lee Radziwell and Truman Capote were following them in their 1972 tour he was less than impressed. He saw them as interlopers. He banged on Truman Capote hotel door and left a note that said, "In Cold Ketchup" written in, what else, ketchup.

  • @markdwighttadina7655
    @markdwighttadina7655 Před 2 měsíci +10

    Breakfast at Tiffany's was the mainstream beginning
    In Cold Blood was The Peak
    Answered Prayers was the beginning of the end and eventually the last nail in the coffin
    Truman Capote way of writing made him famous and canceled at the same time. He could've been used allegorical narratives in Answered Prayers particularly "La Cotê Basque 1965".

  • @Echo-tk8pz
    @Echo-tk8pz Před 2 měsíci +9

    I think that TC thought he was a woman. He was angry at the world because he was not a woman. Therefore, he was hateful.

    • @elizabethhopkins7582
      @elizabethhopkins7582 Před 2 měsíci

      Huh? He was a Gay man. He didn't want to be a woman. That's not how that works.

    • @elizabethhopkins7582
      @elizabethhopkins7582 Před 2 měsíci

      Huh? He was a Gay man. He didn't want to be a woman. That's not how that works.

    • @clevelandplonsey7480
      @clevelandplonsey7480 Před měsícem

      He wouldn’t have been happy as a woman either. Still would have been short, unattractive and mean.

  • @frockabyebabyshabbychic2611
    @frockabyebabyshabbychic2611 Před měsícem +3

    What an interesting documentary- thank you.

  • @glendagaskin151
    @glendagaskin151 Před 19 dny +1

    This is a good article. I really like the longer version.

  • @ginacable5376
    @ginacable5376 Před 28 dny +2

    That was very interesting and well told, new subscriber.

  • @pageribe2399
    @pageribe2399 Před měsícem +5

    I really enjoyed that. Thanks!

  • @notaclue822
    @notaclue822 Před 2 měsíci +10

    Babe Paley was beautiful. I think Capote was a real snake. He got them to trust him, and then he betrayed them, and people really got hurt. He did it repeatedly and he wasn't just targeting the upper class, he was targetting women.

    • @fabulouswomeninhistory
      @fabulouswomeninhistory  Před 2 měsíci +7

      I think that a lot of people are missing the point you are making. He is targeting women. Thanks for joining the cOnversation!

    • @denisecraig3548
      @denisecraig3548 Před měsícem

      Exactly. I remember him as a truly horrible man and never did understand how anyone could trust him. He always “came off” as a snake and snakes don’t change.

  • @zappa-happy3271
    @zappa-happy3271 Před měsícem +3

    U can’t beat Jessica Lange!!
    Love Her! 🌟🌟💖💖

  • @davidbrienlantry8760
    @davidbrienlantry8760 Před měsícem +1

    This is such a thoughtful, well researched presentation that the glaring error of eluding to Ann Woodward being one of Truman Capote's "Swans" almost ruins it. Woodward was never part of his circle and the two of them were openly hostile toward each other and that fact is well documented. the correction of this obvious flaw would make this an excellent documentary rather than just a good one.

  • @robj474
    @robj474 Před měsícem +1

    It's hard to garner sympathy for a single character, which makes it all the more fascinating. In a way they all deserved one another.

  • @lakid9749
    @lakid9749 Před měsícem +3

    Great well researched video

  • @pierregirard1970
    @pierregirard1970 Před měsícem +5

    Jealous of the charm and beauty of beautiful,stylish women. Still happened with some gay men today.

  • @lostcause6100
    @lostcause6100 Před měsícem +13

    Why have you given Truman a Cockney drawl? He's from the South not South London.

    • @anastasiarose4482
      @anastasiarose4482 Před měsícem +4

      I noticed that too, I thought I was tripping or he was that affected. 😂😂😂

    • @Stephanie-we5ep
      @Stephanie-we5ep Před měsícem +6

      The audio clips *_are_* Truman's voice! He was that affected...

    • @peterlynch5656
      @peterlynch5656 Před měsícem +1

      Wow, wondered that too! If it was actual audio footage....kept thinking it must have been his real voice in there, somewhere, lol! He was that affected

    • @denisecraig3548
      @denisecraig3548 Před měsícem +1

      This was part of Truman’s facade. He thought he could pretend to be whatever he wanted and would be accepted. It was a true “deserved justice” when he fell “out” with everyone he’d used.

    • @markferguson3745
      @markferguson3745 Před měsícem

      Nope,- that's it ,- believe it or not.

  • @honeybeehyatt1395
    @honeybeehyatt1395 Před 29 dny

    Very well done.

  • @pattywolford
    @pattywolford Před měsícem

    Excellent research. Thanks!

  • @smpeljas
    @smpeljas Před 10 dny +1

    Bravo! Just hearing “The Stork Club” sends shivers up my spine! wow! Can you believe, I recall many of these fabulous photos you’ve included! Smile, please…think of a “Swan” on the small New England Island… Of course, she’s going to be gowned in a long Summer frock, wearing all her appropriate “Jewlery! No ‘Connor” for a Ne York Swan… Bravo! And thank you!

  • @David-qi7od
    @David-qi7od Před 27 dny

    All round tragic for both author & "Swans". Regardless of how things ended,Capote was a supremely gifted writer,some of whose short stories in particular must be among the best of any 20th century American author.

  • @canopusstar5157
    @canopusstar5157 Před měsícem

    How interesting and sad. I remember reading his novel ‘In Cold Blood’ serialized in the New Yorker when I was a Freshman in college. I found it fascinating. It is a shame he lost faith in himself and died in the way he did.

  • @hanabbe
    @hanabbe Před měsícem +3

    Well done

  • @smpeljas
    @smpeljas Před 10 dny +1

    Dear Person, thank you… something I didn’t know…”Death by Alcholism” Wow! Spot on… TC was clearly aware enough to write what his thoughts and recollections were, including his regrets. So very sad, because , I imagine, TC took a self accounting and was most honest with himself… God Bless this TC who, it seems…apologized… This, I didn’t know… I’m “Nurse Jane” btw… thank you! God Bless you! Stay safe!

  • @YTfancol
    @YTfancol Před měsícem +2

    Wonderful video 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @r3adrpro811
    @r3adrpro811 Před 2 měsíci +4

    You made a very obvious legal error in the Ann Woodward story. Grand juries indict/vote on the charging documents; they do not convict anyone of anything. It is a regular jury that decides whether a person is guilty or not guilty of the charges.

    • @dividends4retirement
      @dividends4retirement Před 2 měsíci +2

      I guess only lawyers should make videos. jEEEZ....

    • @r3adrpro811
      @r3adrpro811 Před 2 měsíci +4

      @@dividends4retirement I'm so sorry you are upset by a learning moment not directed at you

    • @clevelandplonsey7480
      @clevelandplonsey7480 Před měsícem +1

      I’m so sorry you’re so contemptuous of other people

  • @cm9439
    @cm9439 Před 2 měsíci +11

    Al Hirschfeld drew the illustration. I have no sympathy for these people.

  • @noreenryan1144
    @noreenryan1144 Před 2 měsíci +4

    Thank you for a wonderful introduction to Capote for me

  • @norahg2011
    @norahg2011 Před měsícem +2

    Excellent!

  • @cherylmccloud8709
    @cherylmccloud8709 Před 11 dny

    The compilation of facts & files must have been difficult & very time consuming to compile.Well done👏&💯% congratulations❗.It confirms my opinion he was 80% talent & 20% assho*e or 60% as*hole & 40% talent..&..or ..&..ratios could go on infinitum, in other words the combination of attitudes of the time spanning influential eras/decades & influence of his peers, his talent, his homosexuality, his general character & his unusual (for the time writing skills & pattern) will remain an uncompletedenigma (but whose writing talent & contribution to modern writing cannot be ignored just as Steinbecks, Greenes, Roths etc of the 20th century & many other American writing genres ).

  • @buzzyuncle340
    @buzzyuncle340 Před dnem

    3:11 is actually Franklin K Lane HS in Cypress Hills Brooklyn...

  • @PhilipShawn
    @PhilipShawn Před měsícem +1

    GRANDIOSITY

  • @lindacarlen7422
    @lindacarlen7422 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Where is the link for Yatchs and Things? I'm not finding anything.

    • @ethos1236
      @ethos1236 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Scroll down past the title of the video.

    • @fabulouswomeninhistory
      @fabulouswomeninhistory  Před 2 měsíci +5

      You can READ IT HERE ► archive.vanityfair.com/article/2012/12/01/yachts-and-things

    • @bsota8513
      @bsota8513 Před měsícem +1

      @@fabulouswomeninhistory Thanks

  • @beantoes9627
    @beantoes9627 Před měsícem +3

    The rich don't like to be gossiped about.

    • @Kari.F.
      @Kari.F. Před měsícem +1

      Does anyone like to be gossiped about? Especially when the gossip can ruin the lives we have carved out for ourselves?

  • @WobblesandBean
    @WobblesandBean Před měsícem +2

    I love this, but maybe you could be a little more mindful of repetitive language? At several points, you reiterate that La Cote Basque used thinly veiled representations of The Swans. That's not the only instance of repeating the same things over and over, but it was the most noticeable.
    You also took away the shock of Anne Woodward's last act (youtube won't let me say the word) at 45:25, because you already told us about it half an hour prior. This news would have been far more impactful if you'd held onto that until this moment.
    Sorry, I'm not trying to be hypercritical, I just stumbled into this video and I'm absolutely riveted. I just think that editing your scripts for cohesiveness and cutting down on repetition could make you one of the youtube video essay greats, right alongside Folding Ideas and Down the Rabbit Hole.

    • @traceyestes
      @traceyestes Před měsícem

      Perhaps you can upload a video that you've created.

  • @cherylkavanagh3387
    @cherylkavanagh3387 Před měsícem +1

    I believe that exploitation was a double edged sword in this case. Capote exploited the Swans for his needs and they exploited him for theirs. For the most part, probably equitable exploitation (if there is such a thing). However, betrayal is an entirely different matter. Capote had not written anything in years and had been give several deadlines and some generous advances by Random House to complete Answered Prayers, which he was struggling to do. Having all of that juicy gossip in his back pocket was just too tempting, in my opinion.

  • @markferguson3745
    @markferguson3745 Před měsícem +1

    I find it difficult to empathize with individuals with such shallow and material driven motivations.What can be called " glamourous" could easily be regarded as greedy, wasteful, and ultimately foolish.Those who idolize such individuals now ,as then, seem simply lost and empty clout chasers to me, and nothing bears this out more than the realities of these " swans" fates and lives.

  • @PhilipShawn
    @PhilipShawn Před měsícem +2

    Resenting MOM !

  • @ToyHigh
    @ToyHigh Před měsícem +1

    Yesssss his addictions assisted in his demise and death due to you can’t keep abusing ur body! Plus the fact that his books were not doing so well. So he writes about them and he does backstabs them. Yes he played them all! He delved into their insecurities and made sure he boosted his but everything fell apart for him and he was ousted!

  • @raykampf4151
    @raykampf4151 Před 2 měsíci +3

    Love this but how could you have attributed the Algonquin RoundTable to anyone but the real illustrator Al Hirschfeld????

  • @charlesabernathy5842
    @charlesabernathy5842 Před 28 dny +1

    I have one hundred pages of a book written. I don't know if I will ever get it published.

  • @malaika6921
    @malaika6921 Před 29 dny

    excellent!

  • @hanselpollack4075
    @hanselpollack4075 Před měsícem +1

    A deep dive into lives, high or low on a social scale, would reveal episodes of the same level of human pain, and turmoil. We all are in need of a Savior. Capote, and his cohorts only highlight this universal need, and lack..so much for idols we admire. What a pathetic substitute.

  • @imhere653
    @imhere653 Před měsícem

    What a predicament to find yourself in! The Swans were probably chafing in their scarves for wanting to bring a lawsuit for slander and libel. But that would be to risk letting the public know for sure the characters were indeed, themselves. And with such an untrustworthy defendant, the danger of more damage (as in scorched earth) to be done was too real.

  • @gabe_2544
    @gabe_2544 Před měsícem

    I think he had spite for these type of women from the very beginning, rather than it developing from being around them. He ingratiated himself and pretended to be a trustworthy, compassionate confidante so they’d reveal their private matters to him.

  • @Jeanne90275
    @Jeanne90275 Před měsícem +3

    Ironically, he threw away his coveted place in high society for a thoroughly mediocre little book.

  • @carollong7941
    @carollong7941 Před měsícem +2

    Yes, Please & THANKYOU.

  • @maestasify
    @maestasify Před měsícem

    I admire his writing. Artists are truth-tellers. They can't help it. And they are often narcissistic as well.

  • @gwae48
    @gwae48 Před 2 měsíci +2

    👌🏻👍🏻 thnx,excellent

  • @kimsherlock8969
    @kimsherlock8969 Před měsícem +1

    probable 😮 ?
    Trueman Capote lived to observe.
    He came with a huge personality
    his woman friends whom obviously had trust
    didn't 😢 see they were only important as characters for his book 😊

  • @EddieParker-lb3vi
    @EddieParker-lb3vi Před měsícem +1

    Philip Seymour Hoffman played Truman Capote in a bio film about his life. It was a role that made his career soar. Didn't 🤔 Capote was a drug abuser similar to Hoffman also

  • @jadefamousartist5242
    @jadefamousartist5242 Před měsícem +1

    Hi From The Sky 💫

  • @angelinalozada189
    @angelinalozada189 Před měsícem +1

    Thank You.

  • @elmagodelmaryahoo
    @elmagodelmaryahoo Před měsícem

    Capote's varied, brilliant career spanned a wealth of novels, short stories, and plays dotted with a number of true American literary Classics.👌
    Though socially, Truman was little more than a humorous harlequin Oddity, both within and for "High Society's" play toy amusements....🤐

  • @gertrudesregis9166
    @gertrudesregis9166 Před měsícem +1

    LATE VIEWER FROM PHILIPPINES

  • @jamesgordon2255
    @jamesgordon2255 Před 2 měsíci +1

    He was the epitome of esoteric…!
    Really confused and misunderstood.
    He could have had Hollywood in the palm of his hands,he just didn’t know what to do with the fame and power.
    I think that in the end when it mattered Babes husband was a support for her physically and emotionally. And at that time she no longer needed Truman because she had what she wanted all along. And in the end she methodically,planned her final soiree’ which was her funeral,and Truman was not on the guest list. They,in the long run betrayed one another….peculiar to say the least.

    • @fabulouswomeninhistory
      @fabulouswomeninhistory  Před 2 měsíci +2

      I believe the show took some poetic license with their portral of Bill Paley when Babe was dying. I am not so sure he was that supportive. Another narcissist in Babe's life. Thanks for joining the conversation!

    • @jamesgordon2255
      @jamesgordon2255 Před 2 měsíci

      @@fabulouswomeninhistory I had read someplace,that when Truman could not reach out to Babe,he reached out to her husband, and I guess that’s what he was doing,being a husband.
      Everything you hear and read about the Elite,they do not have the life of Riley I guess they have the life that everyone else has minus the wealth and power.
      Eleanor Roosevelt,Judy Garland, and Jacqueline Kennedy,all had tumultuous lives in various ways fascinating they were but happy they were not.
      I really,felt a sense of sadness towards Babe. I don’t think she ever thought she was good enough…!

    • @jamesgordon2255
      @jamesgordon2255 Před 2 měsíci

      @@fabulouswomeninhistory in

  • @nelsonlugo3634
    @nelsonlugo3634 Před 11 dny

    No University? Amazing talent.

  • @PhilipShawn
    @PhilipShawn Před měsícem

    UNREALITY

  • @sylviabibbs9820
    @sylviabibbs9820 Před 13 hodinami

    Truman Capote i had no idea about the tea of Jackie and Lee so many things went untod thos is so interesting

  • @ShankGardner-ps1hf
    @ShankGardner-ps1hf Před 28 dny

    That is NOT Gloria Guinness to the left of Capote. The woman on the right is, in fact, Babe Paley. Also, it's EYE-na, not E-na.