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Bob: *Laughs*

I really was bi.

…Lem…wasn’t.

But even if he was…then he was.

Think about it. Why DO I look like him?

…He’s either bisexual…or that part of me wasn’t necessarily gay.

*A pause*

Do any of you understand how funny this is? It’s funny to me, now that I’m dead.

Do you get it?

A reader: Do you find Lacey attractive?

Bob: Yes.

But…it’s not a thing.

She’s actually kind of exotic, though.

Lacey: That’s kind.

Bob: She was born in the wrong generation though. She’s ours, or older.

She’s…not…easy to read, for most of you. I’m sorry.

*He looks disturbed*

*They think*

Truman Capote: In cold blood.

*He laughs with Lacey*

He’s not gay.

Lem’s really not gay.

…See…that’s the thing. Why don’t you people ever listen to her!?!

It’s all there!!

A woman: What is?

Truman: She’s genuinely attracted to him.

Do you get the sense that she’s ever attracted to gay men? No. She’s not.

What is she attracted to? Do you know?

A woman: His sweetness.

Truman: WRONG.

*He laughs*

A woman: His eyes.

Truman: Yes.

But…no.

A woman: *Looks confused*

The perfume community: *Looks disturbed*

Truman: Him.

Look at him!

That’s not flattering. But…look at his body. His hands. Read his actual energy. Don’t just think of him as “a gay”.

Now. Imagine that’s Lacey. Not Ethel.

He’s not attracted to Ethel.

Imagine that’s Lacey.

Would you trust him with Lacey?

I chose that one.

Would you assume he’s not sexual with her?

Would you honestly let him…be alone…in a hotel room…drunk…with her?

You’d assume he’s gay?

…That’s Lem.

You’d leave that man…alone…IN A HOTEL ROOM…with that young woman? Drunk?

Would you?

A gay man: Honestly!? I think they’d get into a fight.

Not have sex!

Truman Capote: Huh.

About what!?

A gay man: Don’t they seem like they’d quarrel?

A gay man: Sex!

Truman Capote: How does the conversation go!?

A gay man: Well…she says, “I don’t believe in sex before marriage!” And then he laughs in her stupid, prissy face. *He laughs.*

And Lem says, “You know, when it comes down to it, you don’t need to worry!”

No! That’s too mean.

*He laughs*

*Smiles*

No. He says, “I don’t think you-“

*He thinks*

“I don’t think…”

*He thinks*

He says, “I don’t think you know what you’re talking about.”

Truman Capote: Huh.

And then what does she say!?

A gay man: She says, “I don’t want to get into it. But I know I’m right.”

*He laughs*

She talks like that.

Truman Capote: And then what does he say?

A gay man: He says…”I don’t think you-“

He says, “I think…you’re a good lady-“

*He cracks-up laughing*

He says, “I think you’re-“

Oh man.

*He thinks*

I guess…that’s…the story.

*He laughs awkwardly.*

Truman Capote: That’s not much of a fight.

Can you give me more? …That’s not actually enough.

You sound like you’re full of shit.

A gay man: I know.

*He looks serious*

*He thinks*

She’s actually prettier in person?

Truman Capote: YES.

A gay man: And Lem is drunk?

Truman Capote: Yes.

A gay man: I mean…-

I guess I just don’t care.

God: No. You do.

Try again.

A gay man: …That teen boy…would try to sleep with that teen girl.

I’m being honest.

It’s all there.

Truman: Yes.

That’s Lem.

That horny kid is Lem.

But you can’t tell he’s a troublemaker because he’s always been photographed with Jack. And labeled gay.

A gay man: No. He’s on the make. And I think she would be his target.

As gay as those hands are…the rest of him isn’t convincing me. If she went on a date with him…I’d be worried. As her dad. If she was naive…

He looks…like trouble.

Bob: HE WAS NOT GAY.

A woman: He just didn’t go for those women. In that family.

Truman: But they left her alone with him.

And would have then too.

A gay man: What do you mean?

Truman: YOU KNOW!

*He laughs*

They encouraged their friendship.

Regardless, of reincarnation. They encouraged friendship.

A gay man: What does that mean!?

Truman: *He looks stunned*

They encourage them to go off alone. Literally. To hotels. Taking care of kids.

Lem…is even fine sharing a bed with her. In their minds.

A man: WHAT!?

Truman: OH! It’s really something.

But yes.

Jack is in such denial and he’s such a narcissist…that he’d think it was nothing. And Joe would assume Lem wanted nothing from her as well.

A man: WHY!?

Truman: Because.

1. Jack assumes Lem is always coming on to him. He has very a selective memory. So he feels that as long as you’re not him, or maybe another man, Lem is safe for an attractive woman to be with in any situation. Lem is obsessed with Jack, in Jack’s mind.
2. If Lem hasn’t made a play for one of the Kennedy sisters, or one of the Kennedy wives…well…in the minds of the Kennedy’s, that’s absolute proof Lem is gay. To the Kennedys, those women are the gold standard.
3. They’re just not that wise. They’re just not that bright.

A gay man: So what happens?

Truman: He marries her.

He’s her husband.

A gay man: That’s not…-

Truman: I know!

Wikipedia says he’s gay!

A gay man in 2026: Umm…-

What’s the difference between Bob Mackie and Lem?

Lacey: Okay.

Do you really want to know?

It’s dangerous.

A man: Let us know.

Lacey: It looks like they’re similar. But, they’re not.

Lem’s chin? Is harsher.

There’s an odd similarity. But Bob’s chin is actually subtly softer. Less…testosterone…heavy.

A woman: DAMN.

I’m seeing it.

Lacey: Yeah.

Lem’s skin is…subtly wrinkled differently.

He had a deeper laugh, than Bob. When he got drunk. Or something… It’s just a more heterosexual look.

Next:

Lem’s smile is supposed to look like Bob’a. But…it doesn’t entirely work. It’s not open wide enough and his lips are not straight enough. …And he’s genuinely laughing in a heterosexual way. Bob, on the other hand, can’t hide his homosexuality. Lem is trying to look like Bob Mackie, who’s actually gay. But it’s not completely there. Whereas it is there, for Bob.

Next:

Lem is not chuckling. Again, in a very heterosexual way. He’s laughing in a way I used to see Bill Cosby laugh, a lot. Especially when he was very amused.

Bob Mackie…has his cheeks lifted high. Taught. And it’s very gay. Lem…is laughing from his belly, in a very heterosexual manner. Like a straight man with a loud sense of humor and a strong personality. …Bob Mackie…is sensitive, artistic and obviously homosexual. Not Lem.

Next:

Lem’s eyes are squinting. In a very heterosexual way. Because he’s laughing in a very heterosexual manner. And it’s natural. …Whereas Bob…is laughing in a very gay way. And his eyes match that, in a natural way. Both men are forcing a laugh, but…also kinda mean it. Both are trying to look gay, because they believe they’re gay. But only Bob is natural and only in Bob does the look match with reality. In Lem it’s…all…forced. It’s the same look…but…when you study it you can spot the differences.

Next:

They have similar faces. But…Lem has a much more pronounced chin.

Lem also has a bigger mouth. And a rougher looking nose. Yes, Bob’s nose is very similar but…also slightly more dainty.

All of Bob’s features are rounder. Softer. Almost brighter somehow, too? There’s more of a course, colder, more distant look in Lem’s face, which is more common in heterosexual men.

And this is going to sound weird. But. Lem has more skin or fat? On his jaw bone. Maybe…he chewed differently. Or maybe he was…grinding his teeth? Or maybe…it was always there. But it’s more common in heterosexual men.

Bob is more taught. And…for lack of a better word, dainty.

And no. It’s not work. It’s not lifestyle. It’s genetics. It’s…them.

Bob’s face is…softer and rounder.

Lem has jowls. And they’re manly, in a sort of heterosexual way. Like he eats. Meat. Passionately.

*I laugh*

But no, I’m quite serious. It conjures images of him passionately eating meat.

Bob…may have too. Eaten pork chops, passionately. But…gay men…tend to be more taught. In that spot. …I don’t know entirely why. …It’s just…not an area on their face that gets as saggy?

…

No. Bob looks gay. It’s just there.

And I’m not perfectly explaining it.

Lem…doesn’t. He’s doing the same thing with his face, but he’s not…gay.

A reader: Would you be fooled by Bob?

Lacey: I look like his wife!

Lulu.

*She laughs*

Well…was he slightly bi?

Bob: Do I look bi?

*He snickers*

Lacey: A bit.

Bob: I was.

But I wanted to be with Gorgen!

She wasn’t…who I wanted.

I identified as gay. Mostly. …But I was…technically bisexual.

A male reader: So…you were actually straight? For a while?

Bob: Ha!

No.

I-

I can’t talk about it. Yet.

I wanted to be with Gorgen.

…Aren’t these photos eerie.

You know what else? …Michael was behind it. …Don’t I remind you of him? Slightly?

…He actually was real stand-up guy.

*He looks sad*

He posed me. To look like LEM. Because he saw the similarities in our features-

*He cracks-up laughing, with Lacey*

…He was a genius.

A photographer: How did Micheal do that? Micheal Rockefeller.

Bob: He’s a genius.

I was…channeling “a fabulous gay man”. And…Lem didn’t come to mind. But…Michael Rockefeller…did. Not consciously. But I was thinking “Rothschild. Rockefeller. Vanderbilt. Etc.” You know? High Society gay. …And his energy posed me, with my consent. I invited him to.

*Lacey laughs with Bob Mackie*

I was actually attracted to men.

Lem wasn’t.

*Later*

Lacey:

1. Not really.
2. War is…a fight. Some religions even think it can be a holy fight. It’s war. Competition is about ego. War can be incredibly deep and meaningful, competition isn’t often deep.
3. Almost. But not…really. …Maybe you misunderstood?
4. Never!
5. Ha! Well…the thing is…if they attack us now…we’re hot. So…nuking Qatar? Not likely in 2006. Nuking them now? Mmm…well…who knows? Not really likely. At all. But…- And because of that, we’re ironically safer, in a weird way. Because…and shady covert operations…will be less likely. It’s all out there. Right in the open. …But…it’s also far less safe too, of course. I’d say compared to 1987? Less safe. Obviously. Compared to 2009? More and less safe, depending.

Saddam Hussein: She’s right.

The risk is much higher. Detention centers? Nukes on the table?

But…there’s also a real war. And real animosity.

Good analysis!

Lacey: Thank you!

*Later.*

The perfume community: You don’t think tuberose is…sexy? At all!?

Lacey: Not much.

Is the smell of real roses actually sexy? Or is it beautiful? Maybe even a bit…earthy? Or…prim?

I don’t get why tuberose is supposedly so sexy. But I’m not attracted to women.

I liked Chanel No. 22 because it was pretty. Not to affect people.

The perfume community: Really!?

Lacey: YES!!!!!!

*Rolls eyes*

*Later*

A woman: Is perfume sexy to you?

Lacey: No. Not at all to me.

Only because men have said otherwise. And in that way, yes.

But only because they seem to think so.

I have to try to imagine it.

*Someone points out men*

Oh?

On men?!? YES! Absolutely.

*She purses her lips together and forces a smile*

A man: Do you find men attractive?

Lacey: Yes.

A man: What’s sexy on a man?

Lacey: *Thinks*

I don’t want to discuss that here. Sorry.