Well I read the book first and then did research on the people.It never occurred to me the writer was gay too.Saw the movie and hated it.Saw the movie 10 years later and got it.My favorite scene was Lady Chablis walking into the Black debutante dance.The girls were dressed in all white.He walked in with a blue sparkle dress and the guys were falling all over him not knowing he wasn’t a she.You could see mental illness there.Clint Eastwood decided to let him portray himself.
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil - Theatrical Trailer
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