Ryan Murphy is a genius, of that there is proof beyond question. But even a genius needs to check themselves occasionally. This series of Feud is a borefest. Naturally, the production values are top shelf, as with all his productions but they are so terribly heavy-handed and overdone under the direction of Gus Van Sant (another genius) that they drown the entire effort.
The acting is, like Capote himself, so over the top -from all involved- that getting through this dirge is, I imagine, what walking through wet cement would feel like.
This is not an entertaining tale. It's a dark, twisted portrayal of a truly twisted queen, as bitter as they come.
Capote is the true swan here...the ugly one, swanning around with a poison pen thinking he is so very clever. Much like this series. It's just nasty. Why Murphy is so obsessed with the most awful characters in Gay History is perplexing. Perhaps he's lancing boils so their stories are finally out there in all their horror so hopefully they're is no need to return to them, But he's doing the Gay community no favours by perpetuating the hate bigots so thrive by. He needs to move beyond the land of stereotypes and perhaps consider if he has some self loathing, internalised homophobia going on. Because it's certainly thriving in his screen work.
The acting is, like Capote himself, so over the top -from all involved- that getting through this dirge is, I imagine, what walking through wet cement would feel like.
This is not an entertaining tale. It's a dark, twisted portrayal of a truly twisted queen, as bitter as they come.
Capote is the true swan here...the ugly one, swanning around with a poison pen thinking he is so very clever. Much like this series. It's just nasty. Why Murphy is so obsessed with the most awful characters in Gay History is perplexing. Perhaps he's lancing boils so their stories are finally out there in all their horror so hopefully they're is no need to return to them, But he's doing the Gay community no favours by perpetuating the hate bigots so thrive by. He needs to move beyond the land of stereotypes and perhaps consider if he has some self loathing, internalised homophobia going on. Because it's certainly thriving in his screen work.