Differences Between Streetcar Named Desire Movie And Play

The book and movie of the play A Streetcar Named Desire are similar in a lot of ways, but also has some differences that impact the effect of the meaning of some scenes. However, what the author and director tells us in both formats is that life comes at you fast. The people that could be able to help during hard times are the ones to watch out for. Not everyone has the best intentions, even family. Some of the differences that are noticeable between the book and movie is curse words are taken out, scenes are changed up and some dialogues are skipped. One of the differences that is noticed is in the play is curse words are used. When watching the movie, the curse words are taken out. Taking the curse words out of the movie made the scenes a little bit watered down, meaning the excitement was taken out of it to make it more appropriate. For example in scene two when Stanley was accusing Blanche of a scandal, the argument played a part in affecting the theme of the book. Instead of Stanley being the bad guy he was made out to be in the book, he seemed nice and sometimes seemed like he wanted Blanche there in the movie. …show more content…
For example scene six with the amusement park was changed. Instead of coming back to the apartment, Blanche and Mitch went to a restaurant. This impacted the meaning of the scene because due to the change of the scene, the dialogue didn't make sense. Meaning that what she was saying didn't go along with the setting. She says “Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir?” which means do you want to sleep with me tonight? but that can't happen because in the movie they are in a restaurant. This also relates to the theme because it took away from the tension being raised from their relationship, which is what made Stanley more furious about Blanche staying with