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Some film directors seem ashamed of making television.
Gus Van Sant
, no. He signs the first episodes of
Feud: Capote vs. The Swans
and he does it with as much humility as pride. He would not be the first star director to derail a series by imposing his style at all costs on something that is not really his. In
Feud: Capote vs. The Swans
that doesn't happen.
Seven years after
Bette and Joan
, Feud
returns
. With a second season about Charles and Diana ruled out,
Ryan Murphy
's series
has turned to
Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era
(
Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a swan song of an era
), the book by
Laurence Leamer
, to recreate a specific episode of New York high society.
Created by
Jon Robin Baitz
,
Capote vs. The Swans
has used its incredible female cast as a promotional weapon. How not to do it. In the series,
Tom Hollander
is
Truman Capote
. And now, the swans:
Demi Moore
,
Calista Flockhart
,
Molly Ringwald
,
Diane Lane
and
Chloë Sevigny
. They play those women of Manhattan's elite whom
Capote
first enchanted and then betrayed. First in a story (
La Côte Basque
) and then in a novel (
Plegarias atendidas
).
"That buffoonish faggot who performs in exchange for a hot dinner," says Slim Keith (Diane Lane). She will lead the revenge of the swans, turned into kestrels. Capote was a cockatoo and a penguin. He is the true protagonist of
Capote vs. The Swans
. His pitiful story, that of a genius whose life is held on pins, will earn
Tom Hollander
plenty of awards. For the same character, Philip Seymour Hoffman won an Oscar in 2006.
Capote
, that film, told of the pre-swans
Capote
, who became a living legend of literature thanks to
In Cold Blood
. The one from
Feud
is the one who never quite assumes that he will never write something comparable to
In Cold Blood
. Neither him, nor anyone. He also does not accept his position as a (faggot) buffoon (who performs in exchange for a hot dinner), a harsh reality that the writer took too far. Once he had
Slim Keith
,
CZ Guest
(
Chloé Sevigny
) and especially
Babe Paley
(
Naomi Watts
) eating out of the palm of his hand, he overestimated his influence and messed up.
It turned out very well and very badly:
La Côte Basque
was the scandal that he anticipated, but the audacity with which he related the protagonists of the story to well-known names in high society turned against the author. When you mess with such powerful people, what happens happens.
Ryan Murphy
is one of the most powerful people in Hollywood, even after the clear failure of his multimillion-dollar deal with Netflix. This agreement does not include
Feud
, one of his best series, which in Spain can be seen on
HBO Max
. An impressive cast, a sublime first season and
Gus Van Sant
starting the second. What could go wrong? Well everything. But it turns out well. Everything turns out, as the Spanish swans would say, very well, divinely.