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    What town in the state of Mississippi organizes an annual "Stella" calling contest, and what "Stella" is meant here?

    Question #97566. Asked by Flem-ish. (Jul 15 08 12:44 PM)


    truefaithmom

    		Bay St. Louis, Mississippi

    "A man steps forward and pauses, staring up at the curly-haired actress coquettishly smiling down from the balcony. He drops to his knees on the cracked sidewalk, throws his arms open, and screams: "Stellaaaaaaa!"
    Then with a self-conscious grin, he leaps to his feet and makes way for the next "actor" to intone the famous line from a "Streetcar Named Desire," the play by Bay St. Louis favorite son Tennessee Williams, in the Stella-calling contest."

    http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0514/p20s01-ussc.html?page=1


    Jul 15 08, 12:59 PM
    star_gazer

    		Marlon Brando was the genius who first yelled it.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1A0p0F_iH8

    Jul 15 08, 5:52 PM

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