DIXIE DOODLES IN DISTRESS Beth Henley, author of 1979's Pulitzer-winning Crimes of the Heart, has practically patented the Southern stereotype. Drawling in a stilted patois, Henley's desperate, demented creatures are hell-bent on self-destruction: They're pathologically ready to commit "crimes of the heart" to not get their way. 33 years after her masterpiece, Henley is still […]
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:16PM on August 28, 2015