Streetcar Critics Flashcards
1
Q
Brooks Atkinson
A
‘Genuinely poetic’
‘Knowledge of people is honest and thorough’
2
Q
Thomas Adler
A
In the moth and the lantern- shocking nature of his material makes it hard to watch.
3
Q
Mary McCarthy
A
‘The struggle for the bathroom’
4
Q
Templeton
A
Blanche is responsible for her downfall as the south is responsible for its demise
5
Q
Thornton wilder
A
‘Vulgarian’ Stanley
6
Q
Weissman
A
‘Neurotic’ women ‘reflect our disordered society’
7
Q
Desire
A
‘Not a story about a desire but rather desires destruction’
8
Q
Klara Bodis
A
We neither accept nor reject Blanche
9
Q
Gilbert and gubour
A
Penis as a pistol with which to shoot women into submission
10
Q
Kathleen Kant
A
Heinous… myths about women
