{"id":44842,"date":"2024-01-31T08:00:21","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T07:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1982995"},"modified":"2024-01-31T09:19:42","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T08:19:42","slug":"ryan-murphy-defends-use-of-homophobic-slur-in-feud-capote-vs-the-swans","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/ryan-murphy-defends-use-of-homophobic-slur-in-feud-capote-vs-the-swans\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Murphy defends use of homophobic slur in Feud: Capote Vs The Swans"},"content":{"rendered":"

“For us, it was about being true, as difficult as it was to articulate, being true to the characters and the time, and the power of words.” <\/p>

By David Craig\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 31 January 2024 at 07:00 AM<\/p>

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Ryan Murphy has stood by the use of a homophobic slur in the first episode of Feud: Capote Vs The Swans<\/a>, explaining its significance to the true story that inspired the series.<\/p>\n

The drama, which launches today in the US and is coming soon to Disney Plus<\/a> in the UK, chronicles how author Truman Capote inadvertently burnt all bridges with his high-society friends after including their personal stories in one of his books.<\/p>\n

Ann Woodward (Demi Moore) is the first member of his socialite clique that he turned on, with one scene showing Truman gleefully propagating the theory \u2013 which was never proven<\/a> \u2013 that she murdered her husband.<\/p>\n

In a fiery confrontation between the two, Truman informs Ann that he had happily fuelled the suspicion around her after learning that she had described him as a \u201cf*g\u201d.<\/p>

At a press conference marking the launch of Feud: Capote Vs The Swans, producer Ryan Murphy discussed his prominent inclusion of the offensive term in the show.<\/p>\n

He began: \u201cWe talked a lot about the use of those words, particularly the use of the word \u2018f*g\u2019 or \u2018f****t\u2019, and how it was depicted in the show\u2026 Obviously, it\u2019s a word none of us like, none of us use \u2013 but it was so important to him.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was the thing that he claims that [Ann] did\u2026 that broke his heart and broke his soul, because he thought that was such a betrayal. And it was the thing that ultimately turned him\u2026 that he references when he decided to go after [Ann].\u201d<\/p>\n

Murphy went on to say that the use of the slur by Lee Radziwill (played by Calista Flockhart) was an influencing factor in Truman\u2019s betrayal of her confidence, too.<\/p>\n