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[BellRings]
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My door is always open. And contrary
to hall rumor, you can talk to me.
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Do you have any
questions or concerns ?
:11:19
No questions,
no answers.
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All right. This is Mr. Campbell's
class, and he's expecting you.
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[Man]
Truman Capote. In Cold Blood...
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represents a complete turning point
in American history...
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and American literature--
you want to tell us why, Mr. Ricard?
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Gay rights.
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- The Com-pote dude who wrote it--
- Capote.
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- Capote ?
- Capote.
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Sweet tooth. Straight-up fag,
Mr. C. I'm serious.
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- [ All Laughing ]
- Flaming.
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Thank you very much. We can now
promote you up to kindergarten.
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Anybody else ?
Once, twice.
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Miss Johnson, I apologize
if any of this is over your head,
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but if you see me after class,
I'll give you some chapters.
:12:07
Anybody ?
Come on.
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It's a non-fiction novel.
Capote mixed true events...
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with things that he couldn't
know so he made them up.
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He created a new genre.
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White folks back then felt safe.
Capote scared them.
:12:26
He took hard-core crime
out of the ghetto...
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and placed it in America's backyard,
that's what makes the book special.
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- Yeah, that's part of it.
- That's all of it.
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- We got a debate going on now.
- Capote wasn't the first.
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Richard Wright,James Baldwin
did the same thing.
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Wasn 't nobody trying
to read them, though.
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A lot of people read them.
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A lot of people like who ?
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You ?
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- Didn't think so.
- Mr. C ? Mr. C ?
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- Yeah ?
- Your girl needs to bone up.