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* MagnificentBastard: Capote may be manipulative but he's so witty and stylish that you can't help but like him.
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* MoralEventHorizon: The murders themselves, especially since they were entirely unnecessary and Dick was the one that claimed "No witnesses" and caused them.

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* MoralEventHorizon: The murders themselves, especially since they were entirely unnecessary and Dick was the one that claimed "No witnesses" and caused them. If the murders had never happened, both robbers likely would have only gotten a prison term, instead of death row.
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* MoralEventHorizon: The murders themselves.

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* MoralEventHorizon: The murders themselves.themselves, especially since they were entirely unnecessary and Dick was the one that claimed "No witnesses" and caused them.
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cleaning Captain Obvious trope sinkhole use, project thread here


* HoYay: [[CampGay Truman]] and [[AmbiguouslyGay Perry,]] [[CaptainObvious obviously]]. It's one of the central plots of the film, though it's left somewhat ambiguous as to whether or not anything could have come of it. Also a Meta example for the actual book, ''In Cold Blood'', due to [[DracoInLeatherPants his]] [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds portrayal]] in said book.

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* HoYay: [[CampGay Truman]] and [[AmbiguouslyGay Perry,]] [[CaptainObvious obviously]].obviously. It's one of the central plots of the film, though it's left somewhat ambiguous as to whether or not anything could have come of it. Also a Meta example for the actual book, ''In Cold Blood'', due to [[DracoInLeatherPants his]] [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds portrayal]] in said book.
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Is Perry a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds as Truman thinks he is, or just a DracoInLeatherPants for Truman? [[AmbiguouslyGay Does he return]] or even know of Truman's feelings? Is Truman manipulating him for the sake of storytelling? How much does Truman genuinely cares for Perry? Is it really because [[BecomingTheMask Truman can't really admit to himself that he cares even while pretending]]? Applies to the movie, to ''In Cold Blood'', and in RealLife.

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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Is Perry a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds as Truman thinks he is, or just a DracoInLeatherPants for Truman? [[AmbiguouslyGay Does he return]] or even know of Truman's feelings? Is Truman manipulating him for the sake of storytelling? How much does Truman genuinely cares care for Perry? Is it really because [[BecomingTheMask Truman can't really admit to himself that he cares even while pretending]]? Applies to the movie, to ''In Cold Blood'', and in RealLife.
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Is Perry a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds as Truman thinks he is, or just a DracoInLeatherPants for Truman? [[AmbiguouslyGay Does he return]] or even know of Truman's feelings? Is Truman manipulating him for the sake of storytelling? Applies to the movie, to ''In Cold Blood'', and in RealLife.

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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Is Perry a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds as Truman thinks he is, or just a DracoInLeatherPants for Truman? [[AmbiguouslyGay Does he return]] or even know of Truman's feelings? Is Truman manipulating him for the sake of storytelling? How much does Truman genuinely cares for Perry? Is it really because [[BecomingTheMask Truman can't really admit to himself that he cares even while pretending]]? Applies to the movie, to ''In Cold Blood'', and in RealLife.

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* AwesomeEgo: Truman "Sometimes I can't breath when I think about how great my book is going to be" Capote.
* DracoInLeatherPants: Perry to Truman in-universe and in RealLife. In ''In Cold Blood'', the lengthy descriptions about his "Beautiful" tattoos and chiseled appearance do not help the blatant Meta-HoYay.
* HoYay: [[CampGay Truman]] and [[AmbiguouslyGay Perry,]] [[CaptainObvious obviously.]] It's one of the central plots of the film, though it's left somewhat ambiguous as to whether or not anything could have come of it. Also a Meta example for the actual book, ''In Cold Blood'', due to [[DracoInLeatherPants his]] [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds portrayal]] in said book.

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* AwesomeEgo: Truman "Sometimes "sometimes I can't breath breathe when I think about how great my book is going to be" Capote.
* DracoInLeatherPants: Perry to Truman in-universe and in RealLife. In ''In Cold Blood'', the lengthy descriptions about his "Beautiful" "beautiful" tattoos and chiseled appearance do not help the blatant Meta-HoYay.
* HoYay: [[CampGay Truman]] and [[AmbiguouslyGay Perry,]] [[CaptainObvious obviously.]] obviously]]. It's one of the central plots of the film, though it's left somewhat ambiguous as to whether or not anything could have come of it. Also a Meta example for the actual book, ''In Cold Blood'', due to [[DracoInLeatherPants his]] [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds portrayal]] in said book.



* MoralEventHorizon: The murders themselves.

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* MoralEventHorizon: The murders themselves.themselves.
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* CompleteMonster: Dick Hickock.
** [[ValuesDissonance Some say Capote himself was this]] given the fact that he was essentially profiting off murder.
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* MoralEventHorizon: The murders themselves.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Perry, according to Truman, as well as his portrayal in the actual book. Whether he is this or just a DracoInLeatherPants is up to AlternativeCharacterInterpretation.

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* MoralEventHorizon: The murders themselves.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Perry, according to Truman, as well as his portrayal in the actual book. Whether he is this or just a DracoInLeatherPants is up to AlternativeCharacterInterpretation.
themselves.
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Is Perry a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds as Truman thinks he is, or just a DracoInLeatherPants for Truman? [[AmbiguouslyGay Does he return]] or even know of Truman's feelings? Is Truman manipulating him for the sake of storytelling? Applies to the movie, to ''In Cold Blood'', and in RealLife.



* DracoInLeatherPants: Perry to Truman in-universe and in RealLife. In ''In Cold Blood'', the lengthy descriptions about his "Beautiful" tattoos and chiseled appearance do not help the blatant Meta-HoYay.
* HoYay: [[CampGay Truman]] and [[AmbiguouslyGay Perry,]] [[CaptainObvious obviously.]] It's one of the central plots of the film, though it's left somewhat ambiguous as to whether or not anything could have come of it. Also a Meta example for the actual book, ''In Cold Blood'', due to [[DracoInLeatherPants his]] [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds portrayal]] in said book.



* MoralEventHorizon: The murders themselves.

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* MoralEventHorizon: The murders themselves.themselves.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Perry, according to Truman, as well as his portrayal in the actual book. Whether he is this or just a DracoInLeatherPants is up to AlternativeCharacterInterpretation.

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