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Friday, June 08, 2007

A little Tennessee...



A Friday sendoff from Williams, Kazan, and Leigh. The at-first lovely, but then horribly butchered(!) ending of "Streetcar." Yup, can't let Stella forgive Stan for the spousal abuse. But doesn't that really, really go against the grain of the play?

The proof that Williams' immorality makes better drama is in how badly this ending is written! I mean, "Never going back, never going back...." That's the best they could do?

Note how they get the Brando "Stella!" in there a few more times, though.

Have a nice weekend. Don't forget to tune in Sunday for the Tony Blogcast Spectacular...

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