Word: shockfest
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Dates: during 1961-1961
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...Streetcar Named Desire called for too large a cast. So the group ended up doing Suddenly, Last Summer and Sweet Bird of Youth, the one a swift history of a young girl whose mind shattered when her cousin was eaten alive by street urchins, the other a dreary shockfest about a young actor who is emasculated by angry citizens when he returns with his aging Hollywood mistress to the town where he once "ruined" an innocent young girl (Williams condensed and somewhat defeathered his Sweet Bird for Latin American audiences). After a generally tepid reception in Buenos Aires and Montevideo...
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