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Erin
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Nov 18, 2017 04:57PM
Tonight on The Sundance Channel, they are airing the first of a two part documentary about the Clutter Family. They were of course made "famous" (weird wording) by Truman Capote in his book In Cold Blood.
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Thanks, Erin! I'm going to look for it right now.
Read 'IN COLD BLOOD' a few years ago and really enjoyed it
I read it in high school but watching this documentary makes me want to reread it.
It's one of those great books that never goes stale.
And it pretty much invented True Crime as we know it today.
Do you think Truman Capote was manipulated by Perry Smith or do you think he really did find the humanity in Smith?
i'd say Smith manipulated Capote, who presented an easy target for a psychopath.
I don't think Perry Smith was a psychopath. If anything, Capote manipulated Smith. I base this on the things he said about their relationship in Tiny Terror: Why Truman Capote (Almost) Wrote Answered Prayers. Capote was drawn to him because they seemed to be cut from the same cloth, and Capote felt that with a little nudge in a different direction, he could have been in Smith's shoes. But he had to do considerable manipulation to get Perry to talk to him at all, and he went on manipulating to keep him talking. Dick Hickock -- now there's a psychopath. Always talking your leg off, trying to convince you he's a great guy while he's got his hand in your pocket feeling around for your wallet.
