Tennessee Williams

Tennessee Williams, renowned American playwright, enters the narrative through Jill Sobule's song lyrics at Club Iota. Paired with William Faulkner as 'drunk and depressed,' he embodies the imperfect hero amid White House staff's tense debate on humanitarian intervention. His reference highlights personal torment in brilliant creators, paralleling the moral ambiguities of sending soldiers into harm's way. Williams functions as a cultural touchstone, invoked to humanize frailty and underscore the human cost of power decisions.