I don't want realism. I want magic!

A Streetcar Named Desire

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Topic

Magic

Speaker

Blanche DuBois

Actor

Vivien Leigh

Source

A Streetcar Named Desire

Medium

Film

Genre

Drama (film) Drama

Language

English

Time

1951 1950s 20th century

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A Streetcar Named Desire. Directed by Elia Kazan. Warner Bros., 1951.

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That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach.

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Learning from the past History repeating itself History Human nature

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Aldous Huxley
Source
A Case of Voluntary Ignorance Esquire
Medium
Essay Magazine
Language
English
Time
1956 1950s 20th century
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Huxley, Aldous. "A Case of Voluntary Ignorance." Collected Essays. Harper & Brothers, 1959. Originally published Esquire, 1 Oct. 1956.

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Whatever happened to Gary Cooper, the strong silent type?

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Medium
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Genre
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Language
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Time
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