Vidalotry: #6 Tennessee and Truman

In Episode Six, Vidalotry explores Gore Vidal's relationship with two gay authors; one friendly, the other contentious. Host Ryan Breegle looks at Gore's adventures with Tennessee Williams and their involvement in a film featuring lobotomies and cannibalism. And he examines Gore's detest for Truman Capote, culminating in lies and lawsuits.
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SOURCES
Books:
Palimpsest: A Memoir, Gore Vidal, 1995
Empire Of Self: A Life of Gore Vidal, Jay Parini, 2015
Audio:
60 Minutes, CBS, 1975
The Dick Cavett Show, 1978
Profile of a Writer, 1978
Omnibus, BBC, 1995
The Celluloid Closet, 1995
The Tim Haigh Show, 1995
An Appreciation, PBS, 1998
Theater Talk, 2000
Interview with Jay Parini, 2006

[@lawrenceclemens8494]

I only wish this was twice as long. Thanks for the wonderful stories!

[@johnakeith]

Thank you so much!

[@thomaskirkpatrick1134]

Wonderful! Thank You!

[@albertmorris6162]

Tenn once put the make on Gore in Rome. Gore told him, in no uncertain terms, "Let's not be morbid, Tenn."

[@marianotorrespico2975]

Well done.

[@dramamajor1985]

Actually Capote said he only set two of his works in the south. Hardly a prolific Southern writer.

[@Sangria]

I'd have loved to see Tennessee shoot 3 bullseyes.