From My Literature Readings this Morning.
Tennessee Williams smuggled gay desire into America's living rooms when it was still taboo to even mention it. His most famous play, 'A Streetcar Named Desire,' featured a character whose homosexuality led to his demise – something Williams couldn't explicitly show but made clear to those who understood the code.
In 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,' the entire plot revolves around Brick's unspoken love for his male friend Skipper – their relationship more passionate than any Brick shares with his wife.
Williams knew this pain firsthand as a gay man who watched his own lover leave him for marriage.
He once confessed: 'When I write, I don't censor my heart' – and that heart belonged to men, though he could only reveal this through his characters' burning frustrations and desperate longing.
HERE'S ONE REVIEW: I have watched this movie and also read the book and I want to say that there are many problematic situations you are going to face if you want to watch this movie too. The movie is about a married couple and a sister/-in-law who is visiting them. The atmosphere at there home changed badly.
I think the movie is great if you plan to talk about the plot afterwards. If you just want to be entertain then this probably not going to be the best movie for a romantic Saturday night. Why?!...It has to do with the aggressive behaviour and sexual assault from on character. This guilty person is only getting partly blamed for his behaviour and party not, which is very hard to watch. This is why a gave 3/5 stars.
Thomas Lanier Williams III was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright and screenwriter whose works are considered American classics. His plays, including A Streetcar Named Desire, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and The Glass Menagerie, revolutionized American theater with innovative staging and complex characters. His works explored themes of isolation, desire, and societal change, and often addressed issues like mental illness and homosexuality.
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