March book & film club highlights...

Our film club discussion of Streetcar Named Desire was quite lively -- with our New Orleans-style blues in the background. :-) We all really wanted to hate Brando's Stanley, but there's just something about him... Several of us had read the play as well, so it was quite interesting to compare the original to the Hollywood portrayal: Williams' original play was much more controversial and to-the-point on issues that the Hollywood film glossed over or obscured in innuendo.

Book club discussion of Sin in the Second City by Karen Abbott was also quite interesting - how couldn't it be, when the book was about a famous brothel and those fighting to close its doors in turn-of-the-century Chicago? :-) Quite timely, with the current Spitzer-prostitution ring scandal. The big question: what would you have done, had you been in the time/place that these Chicago girls and madams were in? Some interesting variations in response...

Check out the April book club and film club selections - hope you can join us!