I TOTALLY and THOROUGHLY agree with another reviewer that if Katherine Hepburn is in it, it's worth seeing! This is certainly no exception.
Tennessee Williams is probably my favorite playwright on so many levels the most salient being gay Southerners. And in that world, regardless of race, there are VERY FEW happy endings.
This is probably the most intensely autobiographical, with the 3 main characters representing his mother, his sister, and himself. The situation is painfully reminiscent of his own childhood.
This is the first version of the play I've seen in it's entirety and it is DEEP. The performances are simply to DIE FOR but admittedly I DEFINITELY plan to see the Joanne Woodward & John Malkivich version as well as the one with Jane Wyman, Arthur Kennedy & none other than Kirk Douglas.
Actually, Hepburn's performance is akin to Mrs. Venable in another Williams vehicle, Suddenly Last Summer where she was a neurotic mother unable to accept her dead son's homosexuality. The only difference is that Mrs. Venable wasn't as chatty.
It was a blast seeing Waterston and Moriarty in their pre-Law & Order days and they were just great together.
I hiiiiiiiighly recommend!!!!!!!!
Tennessee Williams is probably my favorite playwright on so many levels the most salient being gay Southerners. And in that world, regardless of race, there are VERY FEW happy endings.
This is probably the most intensely autobiographical, with the 3 main characters representing his mother, his sister, and himself. The situation is painfully reminiscent of his own childhood.
This is the first version of the play I've seen in it's entirety and it is DEEP. The performances are simply to DIE FOR but admittedly I DEFINITELY plan to see the Joanne Woodward & John Malkivich version as well as the one with Jane Wyman, Arthur Kennedy & none other than Kirk Douglas.
Actually, Hepburn's performance is akin to Mrs. Venable in another Williams vehicle, Suddenly Last Summer where she was a neurotic mother unable to accept her dead son's homosexuality. The only difference is that Mrs. Venable wasn't as chatty.
It was a blast seeing Waterston and Moriarty in their pre-Law & Order days and they were just great together.
I hiiiiiiiighly recommend!!!!!!!!