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<blockquote data-quote="Crimson" data-source="post: 444576" data-attributes="member: 5079">I think Leigh was an inherently unsympathetic actress.&nbsp; Even her Blanche is less delicate than brittle.&nbsp; The undercurrent of harshness, even of instability, added greatly to some of her performances.&nbsp; I think&nbsp; that if De Havilland -- the first choice -- had played Blanche, the result would have been a wilted flower with none of the jagged nuances of Leigh&#039;s performance. I belong to a few reddit groups dedicated to classic films, with a sizeable portion of younger fans.&nbsp; GWTW, like the films of John Wayne, is greatly out of fashion.&nbsp; While some of that is due to an inability or refusal to contextual the past beyond their own 2020s sensibilities, I don&#039;t regret it too much.&nbsp; I&#039;ve long thought GWTW was greatly overrated.On the plus side, Crawford&#039;s rep has fully recovered from Dunaway!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crimson, post: 444576, member: 5079"] I think Leigh was an inherently unsympathetic actress. Even her Blanche is less delicate than brittle. The undercurrent of harshness, even of instability, added greatly to some of her performances. I think that if De Havilland -- the first choice -- had played Blanche, the result would have been a wilted flower with none of the jagged nuances of Leigh's performance. I belong to a few reddit groups dedicated to classic films, with a sizeable portion of younger fans. GWTW, like the films of John Wayne, is greatly out of fashion. While some of that is due to an inability or refusal to contextual the past beyond their own 2020s sensibilities, I don't regret it too much. I've long thought GWTW was greatly overrated. On the plus side, Crawford's rep has fully recovered from Dunaway! [/QUOTE]

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