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Tip-Off #152 - Losing control

Tip-Off #152 - Losing control

Perhaps the greatest irony now is being earnest — knowingness the latest arrogance.

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William Green
Oct 23, 2024
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Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, Blanche DuBois falls apart as she clings to illusion, refusing to face reality. Her descent into madness is tragic and oddly beautiful, revealing the frailty and poetry of human existence as she surrenders to her own desires and delusions. Rather than condemning Blanche's loss…

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