Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh Quiz

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What effects did the tightening of social mores during the 50s have on the filming of "A Streetcar Named Desire? (from Fugitive Mind)

The bare breast displayed and described in the script had to be covered.

The rape scene involving Stanley Kowalski and Blanche duBois could not be depicted graphically, but merely implied with such cues as body angles, music and dialogue.

In the fight scene, Blanche could not call Stanley "faggot."

Stanley Kowalski could not have a cigar in his mouth during the filming of the scene.

What did Dakin Williams do to intervene in his brother's downward spiral after the dearth of Frank Merlo? (from Waving and Drowning)

He convinced Tennessee to come with him for a visit to their sister, Rose.

Dakin bought Tennessee a dog, to replace the one that had attacked him in Key West.

Dakin convinced Tennessee to come with him to a specialty hospital in St. Louis to be treated by a world-renown psychiatrist.

Dakin affirmed for his brother that they were the products of an insane family and that they were, in fact, sane.

How was Tennessee Williams' true attitude toward his homosexuality expressed? (from The Heart Can't Wait)

By presenting himself as a normal, heterosexual male.

Ambivbalence: joy and affirmation of his unique identity combined with revulsion at the endless stream of faceless partners.

In his unstable, sometimes-bitter, relationships with women.

Through characters in his plays such as Sebastian Venable in "Suddenly, Last Summer" and Tom Wingfield in "The Glass Menagerie."

What was the turning point when serious actors and directors began to take an interest in "The Glass Menagerie?" (from Blood — Hot and Personal)

When Tennessee Williams came out of the clost.

When plans were laid for making a movie of the play.

When the Chicago production garnered praise and drew large audiences.

When Katherine Hepburn was cast as Amanda Wingfield.

After the dismal failure of "Camino Real," how did Williams get back on his feet as the leading dramatist of his time? (from Thunder of Disintegration)

He discussed his homosexuality on a TV interview.

He wrote "Cat on Hot Tin Roof" which won practically every theater award, critical acclaim and immense popularity at the box office.

He acted in one of his own plays, "Small Craft Warnings."

He co-produced with Elia Kazan a Shakespeare play set in contemporary America.