Elaine also has a very refined taste in film , citing many movies , plays and characters throughout the series . She has a particular affection for '' A Streetcar Named Desire '' . In " The Pen " , Elaine shows her love for the movie when she becomes unintentionally high on muscle relaxers and repeatedly screams " Stella " at a fancy awards dinner for Morty Seinfeld in Florida . In " The Fusilli Jerry " Elaine describes David Puddy , her new on and off again boyfriend , as a man who comes home " dripping with animal sexuality " after Jerry says that dating his mechanic is " such a huge turn off . " In " The Comeback " Elaine rents Vincent picks that she likes compared to Kramer who likes Gene picks . Later in the same episode , she tries '' Weekend at Bernie 's II '' which is a Gene pick recommended by Kramer and which she hates . In " The English Patient " , Elaine expresses her utter dislike for the film which won nine Oscars including Best Picture , and prefers a comedy called " Sack Lunch . " Later in the episode , a theater outburst gets her temporarily fired until she agrees to travel to Tunisia and live in a cave in order to save her job . In " The Boyfriend " , Elaine reveals her disgust for smokers , which helps lead to a breakup with Keith Hernandez . Her dislike of smoking also leads to an argument with a fortune-teller in " The Suicide " . However , in " The Calzone " and " The Foundation " she 's seen smoking with a Cuban cigar . She 's also seen smoking a cigar in " The Blood " , but only to make herself look bad in front of the mom of the child she 's babysitting
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69th Academy Awards
Elaine Benes