This Won A Pulitzer?!

I know that I lot of people are gonna hate me for saying this, but "A Streetcar Named Desire" is the worst play I have ever read. The one thing that continued to plague my mind was who the hell thought this play was good enough to receive the Pulitzer Prize? How can a play featuring characters that overexagerate everything get the highest award in the literary world?

Let me run down the play for you. We are in the slumlike area surrounding the French Quarter in New Orleans. Stella and Stanley Kowalski are visited by Stella's sister, a teacher from Laurel named Blanche DuBois (which is French for white woods), who seems to be a bit of a nervous wreck. As the play drudges along, we learn of Blanche's less than steller history.

When the play starts, we learn that Blanche is on a "leave of absence" from her teaching job and she lost the family's mansion, Bell Reve. While she knocks back multiple shots and claiming not to drink, she goes into a tyraid (her first of many) about how she lost "the boy."

We later learn that "the boy" was Blanche's first husband, who she found out was gay. I don't man to offend any homosexuals who may be reading this, but if you didn't know your husband was gay when you married him, then you must have something wrong with you. Later, in a drunken stuper, tells her young husband that he disgusts her. He, suddenly, gets a gun and adds another hole in his head.

After this, Blanche becomes a prostitute who also teaches the town's children. The whole town knew of her night life (sex for money), and they still allowed her to teach their children. The whole town found out when Blanche was banned from the Flamingo Hotel (where she did most of her business), and they still let her teach the children. They all found out when the area military base said that Blanche's place was deemed "off limits" and they still let her teach the children! Does that make any sense? I didn't think so! Later, Blanche is fired from her teaching job for having an affair with one of her students. Now, who didn't see that coming?

While in New Orleans, Blanche tries to get another relationship started, which fizzles out thanks to Stanley. Stan tells Mitch (the man whom Blanche is making her move on) about her past, and Mitch ain't too happy about it. Also, while Blanche's sister, Stella, is in labor, Stanley rapes Blanche. Now, throughout the play, we see that Stanley can't stand Blanche, so why the [censored] would he want to bang her? That made not a damn lick of sense!

Finally, Stella has her kid, and refuses to believe that her loving Stanley would do such a thing to a former town street-walker, so Stella has Blanche committed. Here's where Blanche goes "over the edge" and is finally taken away after what felt like an eternity of ranting and raving.

Overall, loyal reader, I can't see how anyone can make this a cool play. Every line was written to sound as if it was meant to be acted out terribly. This play just blows. And that, my friends, is true.

Trust me on this one. You'll thank me later.