Sunday, September 21, 2008

Promiscuous girl

I chose "Promiscuous Girl" by Nelly Furtado to compare to Blanche Dubois. This song refers back to the stage in Blanche's life where times were difficult and she slept with a good deal of men. She didn't exactly consider herself to be a prostitute or anything of the sort, but she was quite aware of the fact that there was a stage in her life where she was considered promiscuous.
" If you looking for a girl that’ll treat you right, If you lookin’ for her in the day time with the light". I found this lyric to be pretty interesting because it talks about the light aspect, which was a major theme in the play. If Blanche was really promiscuous she would not care if it was light or dark in the room, or what time of day it was. This shows that she was very picky and discrete about her secret lifestyle. "All I can do is try, gimme one chance, What’s the problem I don’t see no ring on your handI be the first to admit it, I’m curious about you, you seem so innocent" I think this particular lyric describes the part of the story where Blanche is interested in Mitch, and not really sure why because he is not the type of guy she normally is interested in. He is innocent and from a much lower class, but she is ready to give him a chance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIM4DCn7AlE
- link to "Promiscuous girl" by Nelly Furtado video

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