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When you think about [truman] capote in the - was what he did exploitative of a person's life or exploitative of these murders? you look at our culture now, you look at celebrity and how it plays out in our culture now, and capote was one of the great pr men of his time.
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Philip Seymour Hoffman
When you think about [truman] capote in the - was what he did exploitative of a person's life or exploitative of these murders? you look at our culture now, you look at celebrity and how it plays out in our culture now, and capote was one of the great pr men of his time.
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