Before him, no male was considered erotic." Gore Vidal thought that the character of Kowalski "changed the concept of sex in America. And no denying the dramatist's bedazzlement by the brutal Stanley Kowalski. Yet there is no totally liking her either. There is no mistaking Williams's identification with his heroine. Still, Andrews's main interventions here are visual, taking you into the core of the play.Īndrews honours Williams in not making it easy to take sides. Jazz composed by Alex Baranowski has its place alongside numbers by Patsy Cline and PJ Harvey. His updating of Williams's 1947 drama to the present day is also pumped up by a strong soundtrack: the great Paul Arditti is the sound designer. Yet Benedict Andrews's version steams off the stage with pain, excitement and clamour.Īndrews seized the Young Vic stage two years ago with an incendiary version of Three Sisters that included Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit and made sense of this inclusion. One early detractor dubbed it "The Glans Menagerie". Pitting refinement against sexual force, passion against affectation, continually skirting melodrama, it is daunting to direct in the theatre, not least because it culminates in a rape. Woody Allen's recent take on the story in Blue Jasmine inspired Cate Blanchett to new feats of intense pallor. Brando smoulders magnificently, while Vivien Leigh's face is as crumpled as her chiffon frock.
#Utterly beige movie
Elia Kazan's 1951 movie is unforgettably seductive, with its jazz and jasper. Some gauge of its power is offered by the versions it has provoked. She is like a bird of prey who has just alighted on her carrion.Ī Streetcar Named Desire is one of the most glorious switchback plays ever written. She perches on spindly stilettos and on caramel-coloured cork wedges, precarious and desperately determined. Tennessee Williams's wounded, flailing heroine would never slip on a pair of Birkenstocks. The heels are one of the clever touches in Gillian Anderson's utterly compelling performance as Blanche DuBois.
S he comes on wheeling powerful beige luggage.
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