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Feud: Capote vs The Swans follows the downfall of arguably the most famous American mid-century writer, Truman Capote. His best seller In Cold Blood catapulted him to stardom, and with his natural magnetism and inclination for spectacle catapulted him into the closest inner circles of New York City’s elite, where he befriended a number of very powerful society women, who he referred to as his Swans. However, everything changed for Capote after he published a scathing excerpt about his friends in Esquire Magazine – which got him exiled from high society and sent him spiraling.

While these women were very much real, how much does Feud rely on facts and where does the show, and Capote, bend the truth for dramatic effect? Let’s take a look at how the show has portrayed the Swans so far in the first half of the season compared to their real stories to figure out how much fact is woven into the show’s fiction.

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CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
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01:58 Babe Paley, the broken beauty (Naomi Watts)
08:21 Slim Keith, the California queen (Diane Lane)
10:23 C.Z. Guest, the cool & composed lady (Chloë Sevigny)
12:56 Lee Radziwill, the pretty princess (Calista Flockhart)
16:14 Ann Woodward, the tragic (& dangerous) socialite (Demi Moore)
18:04 Joanne Carson, Truman's defender (Molly Ringwald)



The Take was created by Debra Minoff & Susannah McCullough
This video was produced by Jessica Babineaux, written by Stevie Lazarus, narrated by Kayah Alexandra, and edited by John Tod