New Journalism

MISS CAPOTE: DEEP SOUTH REALISM 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO7EA4ruwYI 

“Failure is the condiment 
that gives success its flavor.”
—Truman Capote
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The origins of NEW JOURNALISM—
begin there in BIG APPLE baby

But I hate to disillusion you—
it really begin in de DEEP SOUTH
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Dat where American Disillusionment—
really begin fuckin Big Time, honey

There be no Tragedy Queens quite—
like Truman Capote, my dears
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Endearing NYC High Society with—
her class & naughty Endearments

BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S—
The embodiment of Noblesse Oblige
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Stooping to conquer with—
Audrey Hepburn in all her beauty

Starring George Peppard in all his—
Young male American beauty
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After that the doors opened—
Miss Capote wormed her way in

The rich socialites couldn’t wait—
to cocktail La Côté Basque delights
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But before ANSWERED PRAYERS—
came the original criminal novel

The one that Capote lived thru—
the thing that finally did him in
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GONE WITH THE WIND be a—
tacky MEME for the Deep South

It be nothing but a Romantic Illusion—
Depicting a faux Delta Imagination
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Still, failure deeply haunts Southerners—
can they even fathom their own despair?

It be buried deep in Deep South ennui—
down where Southerners fear to tread
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Harper Lee tries to make it seem heroic—
with her TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

Gregory Peck in de role of Atticus Finch—
great Elocutionist for de High & Mighty
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While Carson McCullers gets down, baby—
reading de beads with faggy Marlon Brando

Why oh why do we see ourselves there in—
REFLECTIONS IN A GOLDEN EYE?
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I’ll tell you why, little Butterfly McQueen—
because nobody know nothin bout Dixie

De depth of Deep South despair—
what it mean to lose a Caribbean Empire
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De fear & loathing that comes from losing—
Cotton, Cane, Rum & Antebellum Aristocracy

Southerners be the only Americans—
who have felt the cruel Heel of Conquest
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Think about it with all our Expeditions—
all out Roman Legion conquests, honey

Treatin’ the whole world like it be—
nothing but the Defeated Deep South?
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Carpetbaggers & crooked Politicians—
Steel & Railroad barons nothin new baby

Huey P. Long’s tall Capitol Skyscraper—
monument to JFK Camelot nostalgia, honey
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IN COLD BLOOD be a little more Realistic—
let’s look at de disappearing FLY OVER STATE 

Gone de Red State Republithug innocence—
just like de Deep South antebellum charisma
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Gone the gothic Americana Kansas naiveté—
just like de tragic burning of Atlanta, Georgia

Gone forever High Plains stark stoicism—
Straight as Santa Fe Railroad tracks nowhere 
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Wake up CALL from New York City—
Big City crime & sudden violent REALISM

This be what attracted a writer like Capote—
a chance to explore New Crime Journalism 
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Exploring sudden shock to pure Innocence—
Evil Snake and Fall of Eve’s Garden Scene

The terrible Birth of Midwestern NOIR—
out there in Nowhere Land of Holcomb KS