116. Lost and Found | Dunne's 1978 Letter From Truman Capote
Done & Dunne
Hemlock Creatives
4.7 • 629 Ratings
🗓️ 3 July 2023
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
We begin our summer season by taking a peek into a very special letter Dominick Dunne receives from Truman Capote in 1978. At this time, Dunne is trying to figure out what his next steps are after hitting his Hollywood rock bottom, and this surprise missive from Capote becomes a guidepost along the way to Dominick's Third Act.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Dun & Done. I'm Alicia, your hostess on this podcast journey, All Things Dominic Dunn where nothing is linear and everything is connected. |
| 0:11.7 | Holy cats, what a whirlwind we have been on so far within our journey. This roller coaster of an investigation now has 115 episodes, 50 more episodes, |
| 0:25.6 | if you count the Not Done Yets on Patreon. Our foundation is in place. The structure is built. |
| 0:33.3 | It is high time to level up in our journey and circle back to our main character, Dominic Dunn. |
| 0:41.9 | It is the idea of his third act, Dominic's resurrection from the abyss that we know him for. |
| 0:52.6 | His time and fame as a writer, as a novelist, as an investigative journalist. |
| 0:59.4 | Dominic breaks into his third act in the mid-1980s, |
| 1:05.8 | but not without a glorious first-time Hollywood ride, |
| 1:16.6 | a colossal downfall and and a super low, rock bottom to get there. We have heard now how absolutely wrong Truman Capote's third act went. Dominic Duns |
| 1:27.3 | goes a little differently, and this is in part, I think, |
| 1:32.4 | thanks to Truman Capote. No doubt Dominic in his rock-bottom years and quest in finding and |
| 1:41.1 | maintaining sobriety did the hard work, but there is a Truman Capote influence on our man Nick in Dominic's lowest point that will become a beacon, a signal, a touchstone for Dominic's third act. |
| 2:00.4 | We really are right here at the connection point of bringing |
| 2:04.2 | it all together. Before we begin, I want to take a moment to pull out this magical spyglass |
| 2:11.7 | to give some thanks and love and praise to our most recent supporters at patreon.com slash done and done. |
| 2:21.3 | You magnificent souls, the lot of you. |
| 2:24.8 | Thank you, thank you, Ironside, Megan B, Emily B, Leslie C. and Ray M. |
| 2:33.5 | Thank you, thank you so, so much. Thanks to all of our patrons supporting our done and done |
| 2:39.8 | investigation. I am so grateful for you all. And hey, one more name in the spy glass here with huge. Thanks. |
| 2:48.2 | London Look, 223 for the very awesome review you rock. Thank you all this crew of |
| 2:56.1 | Dun & Dun detectives. I am thrilled that you are here joining us today as it is time to fly |
| 3:03.0 | in this voyage of ours. This summer we will explore the intersection of Dominic Dunn's first Hollywood rise all the way |
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