 | RuddaBayga wrote > THE BAYOU BUGLER of Thibideaux Parish > > Long Lost Draft reveals Blanche DuBois was Real! > > Everyone has always assumed Blanche DuBois to be a fictional character. Not so > reveals an early draft of STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE by Tennessee Williams. Notes > prove he clearly modeled his character on a real woman named Blanche who lived > deep in the garden district of New Orleans. Known as Mad Blanche to her > neighbors, friends and family, she has been checked in and out of mental > institutions all over the South for the last thirty years. When not harrassing > children near her Louisiana plantation, she sometimes is known to surf the > internet looking for her beloved sister Stella. > > Blanche reportedly learned to use a computer to alter her hospital records at > each successive institution. If Blanche is really out there it would be great > to hear from her!
Every little town in the South has at least three of 'em. Drive through a trailer park waving a ten dollar bill, and you'll find Blanche.
"Mirror Twins":
"Black Eagle Lady" by Will Dockery & Henry Conley: http://www.lulu.com/items/84000/84578/1/preview/Henry_Conley_-_06_-_Black_Eagle_Lady.mp3
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