A Streetcar Named Desire

     

A Streetcar Named Desire1995

There are those who believe (whether they admit it or not) that opera is an exclusively European art whose history ended with the death of Puccini. They are, of course, entitled to this delusion, but it creates serious obstacles for a vital form … more »


Stella:
But there are things that happen, between a man and a woman, in the dark, that sorta make everything else seem unimportant

Blanche:
What you are talking about is brutal desire. Just desire. The name of that rattletrap streetcar that bangs through the Quarter, up one old narrow street and down another.

Stella:
Haven't you ever ridden that streetcar?

Blanche:
It brought me here, where I'm not wanted, and where I'm ashamed to be.

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