In honor of Mardi Gras (which is a week from today) each day until Fat Tuesday, I'm going to countdown my favorite books (and some of my own) that take place in New Orleans. What books or movies can you think of? Feel free to chime in.
I'm going to start with "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams. I was in my first year of college when I read this play and was absolutely blown away. I fell in love with the look and feel of the French Quarter and all of its sexiness and mystery. And then, there were the characters--oh, my God: Alpha Male Bad Boy, Stanley Kowalski, and faded magnolia, Blanche Dubois. Such great and complex characters. Then, I saw the movie version which was one of the all time best, featuring a young, super sexy Marlon Brando and an older version of Scarlet O'Hara, Vivian Leigh, tiny and vulnerable. Many years ago, before he got famous, I was lucky to have been in the audience in a small theater in Los Angeles when I saw a young Ed Harris play Stanley. I was in the second row and when he went on a rage and broke a plate, I was afraid I might get cut by the flying glass.
Have you seen the movie or read the play? If so, what'd you think?
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