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Confronting tennessee williamss a streetcar named desire. When the play begins, blanche is already a fallen woman in societys eyes. Dec 03, 2019 in 1951, kazan made streetcar into a movie. To get there, blanche has to take a streetcar called desire, which was like the scum of the earth to her becuase she always grew up rich. Along with contemporaries eugene oneill and arthur miller, he is considered among the three foremost playwrights of 20thcentury american drama raised in st.
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