In Cold Blood: What Truman Capote did not want you to know

[Wes Tausend]

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I think I watched a movie based on "IN COLD BLOOD". The killings in the movie made sense from a robbery standpoint in that the two ex-cons stayed at the farmhouse taking what they wanted and marking time. The movie implied that one of them couldn't quite accept the rape of the little girl, perhaps believing that it was an unnecessary fate worse than death. So, for that reason, and one would assume to buy get-away time, he made the decision to kill the family.

The idea that these guys were homos seems contrived, perhaps for J. J. Maloney to build a story, and it is almost certain that the pedophile one interested in the girl was not gay or he would have been more interested in the boy. Finally, then, it seems like Julio Severo seized upon this for his own blog agenda where he comes across as a bit homophobic.

It would not be surprising that these two cons carried on in prison since that is a common deviation when normal hetero social contact is unavailable. Heterosexual creatures, including humans, are sometimes interested in bisexuality under some accomodating social environs ...like the Spartan society, or even women dancing with one another in our society. But in the end, as you say, female hookers fit the bill better than bisexual behavior.

Capote did seem a bit fruity. I don't like to see feminine characteristics in males. It's just not right. I hate to admit it, but I guess I'm a bit homophobic myself.

Wes

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