“I am not one who can find in Mr. Williams’ farewells the ray of light called hope,” Claudia Cassidy wrote in this very newspaper some 75 years ago. “As ‘The Glass Menagerie’ dimmed its candles on desolation, so ‘Streetcar’ opens the doors of the madhouse to a woman who only by the grace of God will be… Continue reading ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ has all of Tennessee Williams’ pain
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Outlander Used to Be About Desire. Now It’s About Survival.
As the best sex on television takes a backseat, the series taps into a different type of desire: seeing our fears actualized and overcome. Photo: Robert Wilson/Starz When Outlander first premiered nine years ago, the Starz series was correctly hailed as having the best sex on television. The show placed that stake in the ground… Continue reading Outlander Used to Be About Desire. Now It’s About Survival.