Two weeks ago Daniel and I went to see the Sydney Theater Company's poduction of Tennesse Williams's play, "A Streecar named desire." Cate Blanchett is co-artistic director of the company and starred as Blanche Dubois, a woman who is full of contradictions...to say the least. She is fragile yet strong, deluded yet quite aware of her faults. And despite any protestations people may give, most of us can relate to Blanche.
This article very astutely states that such an idiosyncratic character "acquires the stuff that is the universality of tragedy." Like most people, Blanche is complex which makes her eventual collapse incredibly sad.
I highly recommended reading this review. It's the best one I've found.
http://theater.nytimes.com/2009/12/03/theater/reviews/03streetcar.html?emc=eta1
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