girldetective

Tonight I went to see a contemporary bent of Streetcar Named Desire. Sometimes I understand Streetcar from a historical or social perspective, and always I see the the relationship of the characters individually and as a whole. In the play tonight I saw Williams' characters a little differently. In the script I usually see the fault lies with all three main characters. In the film I understand much of the fault lying with Blanche herself, her own mental illness so to speak. But in the play tonight it was Stanley who stood out as the main ogre and instigator of everyone's pain.

I was talking to someone about this who told me he never reads plays because he doesnt like the stark play format; he prefers narrative. Whereas reading and turning the pages of a play is something I relish; but I also like narrative and description. I got to thinking about people who prefer to read fiction vs non, newspapers vs TV, comics, manga, and so on.

I suppose we all read some of all of it and in every venue, but what are your usual, tried and true platforms for taking in information? And do you prefer to read on a screen or with paper pages?

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