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* BilledAboveTheTitle: Jessica Lange and Susan Sarandon are listed before the title in the main credits, with their billing alternating each episode (Lang comes first on the odd numbered episodes, Sarandon on the even).
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* BilledAboveTheTitle: Jessica Lange and Susan Sarandon are listed before the title in the main credits, with their billing alternating each episode (Lang (Lange comes first on the odd numbered episodes, Sarandon on the even).
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* BrokenAesop: It's illustrated that Hollywood is phasing Joan out because she's [[OldMaid gotten too old]]. While that is a problem to an extent, the narrative seems to ignore that the reason Joan didn't get more work is primarily because she was [[AddledAddict frequently drunk, abusive to her co-stars and generally difficult to work with]]. Even in that era plenty of other actresses managed to enjoy success in their older years - such as Katharine Hepburn, Barbara Stanwyck, Eve Arden and many more. It seems to be more the case that the only reason people put up with Joan was because of her looks and popularity.
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* ToxicFriendInfluence: And ''how.'' Hedda Hopper spends the entire series until the last few episodes partnering up with Joan and enabling all of her diva behavior, even going far enough as to be the one to suggest she ask Anne Bancroft and Geraldine Page if she can accept the Oscar in their place so Joan can show up Bette after being snubbed by the Academy. Hedda is always at Joan's side to help her manipulate the public into taking her side and is hugely toxic the entire time. The only thing that stops this relationship is when Hedda hears a rumor that Joan did a stag film and tries to get Joan to 'fess up so she can write a story about it before she dies. Joan declines and Hedda later dies from her medical condition, presumably without gaining any proof for that story.
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!! ''Feud: Capote vs. The Swans'' contains examples of the following tropes:
* TheAlcoholic: Truman's descent into the alcoholism and drug addiction that would kill him is vividly portrayed in the series.
* ArtisticLicenseHistory:
** The Maysles did make a short film about Capote, but it centers on his life as a writer and does not have anything to do with the Black & White Ball.
** During the filming of ''Murder By Death'', Truman is shown giving his final monologue on a dining room set. In the finished actual film, Truman’s character gives the monologue in his office.
* BrokenAce: Truman is coasting on the success of his earlier work, and he can't seem to finish ''Answered Prayers''.
* CampGay: Truman is effeminate, out in a time when that is rare, and has a razor wit. The Swans also realize, after reading his story, that he is deeply misogynistic.
* TheCasanova: Bill Paley is a womanizer, sleeping with countless women under the nose of his beautiful wife. This hurts her deeply.
* ConspicuousConsumption: The Swans live a meticulously opulent life, surrounded by beautiful things and dressed in sumptuous mid-twentieth century fashions. Overlaps with CostumePorn.
* DancesAndBalls: The high society world of the swans is filled with exclusive parties, but Truman's Black and White Ball tops them all.
* DocumentaryEpisode: Episode three, which centers around the Black & White Balll, imagines itself as a documentary being shot by the famous documentarians the Maysles. Shot in black and white, it portrays Truman stringing along the swans and teasing that that each of them will be the guest of honor at the ball. In the end, he chooses none of them and the ball honors Kay Graham, who is not part of his circle.
* DomesticAbuse: Truman's relationship with John Oshea is violent and abusive, with Truman's verbal abuse met with John's physical blows.
* EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry: As she is dying, Babe surveys her fabulous jewelry collection, with many of the pieces being gifted to her after one of Bill's affairs.
* GayBestFriend: The series could be viewed as a deconstruction of this trope, with Truman and the Swans both being deeply hurt. Babe, especially, is broken when she realizes that her friendship with Truman wasn't as deep as she believed. Meanwhile, Truman realizes that the women aren't as forgiving as he'd expected them to be and he misses their company. Of course, he doesn't miss them as much as their society, but he still misses them.
* MasqueradeBall: Truman throws the legendary 1966 Black and White Ball at the Plaza Hotel. He's at the height of his social powers.
* RecliningVenus: Before she settled down with her husband, CZ had an affair with the painter Diego Rivera and he painted a nude of her in this position which is something of an open secret among CZ's social circle.
* SlummingIt: PlayedWith. While Joanne Carson and her showbiz friends are wealthy and in some cases famous, their bohemian California lifestyle feels like a big step down for Truman.
* {{Socialite}}: Babe, Slim, CZ, and Lee are the creme de le creme of New York society, and Truman both loves their world and resents it.
* ThemedParty: Guests are expected to wear black and white to the Black and White Ball, but it is Babe who suggests red tablecloths to add a pop of color.
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!! ''Feud: Capote vs. The Swans'' contains examples of the following tropes:
* TheAlcoholic: Truman's descent into the alcoholism and drug addiction that would kill him is vividly portrayed in the series.
* ArtisticLicenseHistory:
** The Maysles did make a short film about Capote, but it centers on his life as a writer and does not have anything to do with the Black & White Ball.
** During the filming of ''Murder By Death'', Truman is shown giving his final monologue on a dining room set. In the finished actual film, Truman’s character gives the monologue in his office.
* BrokenAce: Truman is coasting on the success of his earlier work, and he can't seem to finish ''Answered Prayers''.
* CampGay: Truman is effeminate, out in a time when that is rare, and has a razor wit. The Swans also realize, after reading his story, that he is deeply misogynistic.
* TheCasanova: Bill Paley is a womanizer, sleeping with countless women under the nose of his beautiful wife. This hurts her deeply.
* ConspicuousConsumption: The Swans live a meticulously opulent life, surrounded by beautiful things and dressed in sumptuous mid-twentieth century fashions. Overlaps with CostumePorn.
* DancesAndBalls: The high society world of the swans is filled with exclusive parties, but Truman's Black and White Ball tops them all.
* DocumentaryEpisode: Episode three, which centers around the Black & White Balll, imagines itself as a documentary being shot by the famous documentarians the Maysles. Shot in black and white, it portrays Truman stringing along the swans and teasing that that each of them will be the guest of honor at the ball. In the end, he chooses none of them and the ball honors Kay Graham, who is not part of his circle.
* DomesticAbuse: Truman's relationship with John Oshea is violent and abusive, with Truman's verbal abuse met with John's physical blows.
* EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry: As she is dying, Babe surveys her fabulous jewelry collection, with many of the pieces being gifted to her after one of Bill's affairs.
* GayBestFriend: The series could be viewed as a deconstruction of this trope, with Truman and the Swans both being deeply hurt. Babe, especially, is broken when she realizes that her friendship with Truman wasn't as deep as she believed. Meanwhile, Truman realizes that the women aren't as forgiving as he'd expected them to be and he misses their company. Of course, he doesn't miss them as much as their society, but he still misses them.
* MasqueradeBall: Truman throws the legendary 1966 Black and White Ball at the Plaza Hotel. He's at the height of his social powers.
* RecliningVenus: Before she settled down with her husband, CZ had an affair with the painter Diego Rivera and he painted a nude of her in this position which is something of an open secret among CZ's social circle.
* SlummingIt: PlayedWith. While Joanne Carson and her showbiz friends are wealthy and in some cases famous, their bohemian California lifestyle feels like a big step down for Truman.
* {{Socialite}}: Babe, Slim, CZ, and Lee are the creme de le creme of New York society, and Truman both loves their world and resents it.
* ThemedParty: Guests are expected to wear black and white to the Black and White Ball, but it is Babe who suggests red tablecloths to add a pop of color.
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* ThemedParty: Guests are expected to wear black and white to the Black and White Ball, but it is Babe who suggests red tablecloths to add a pop of color.
