Cat on a Hot Tin Roof: Difference between revisions

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* [[Broken Pedestal]]: Brick is shattered that Skipper killed himself, showing he was not as strong as he thought he was.

* [[The Disease That Shall Not Be Named]]: Big Daddy has <s>cancer</s> a spastic colon.

* [[Double Standard Rape (Female on Male)]]: {{spoiler|the play ends with Maggie removing all of the liquor, locking it away, and then telling Brick she'll only give it back to him if he has sex with her.}} A mild case, but a case nonetheless.

* [[Downer Ending]]: The original ending was this. Later, Williams wrote a [[Bittersweet Ending]] at the ~~insistance~~ of the stage director, Elia Kazan. The published version of the play contains both endings, with Williams offering the reader to choose between them.

* [[Downer Ending]]: The original ending was this. Later, Williams wrote a [[Bittersweet Ending]] at the insistence of the stage director, Elia Kazan. The published version of the play contains both endings, with Williams offering the reader to choose between them.

* [[Driven to Suicide]]: Skipper

* [[Driven to Suicide]]: Skipper.

* [[Drowning My Sorrows]]: Brick. He explains that drinking causes a "click" in his head, that makes him feel peaceful.

* [[Gayngst]]

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* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Big Daddy.

* [[Lingerie Scene]]: Maggie has one at the beginning.

* [[The Masochism Tango]]: Brick ~~appearently~~ hates Maggie, and he can't even bear to touch her - but he says that he won't divorce her.

* [[The Masochism Tango]]: Brick apparently hates Maggie, and he can't even bear to touch her - but he says that he won't divorce her.

* [[Meaningful Echo]]: {{spoiler|"Wouldn't it be funny, if that were true?"}} Was first used in the original version, shows up in some productions from time to time, and can mean all the difference between a happy ending and a bittersweet one.

* [[The Modest Orgasm]]: Brick brings it up at the end, saying that he and Maggie could have had sex without Mae and Gooper hearing it in the next room, because "not everybody makes much noise about love".

* [[My Greatest Failure]]: Brick refusing to answer Skipper's phone call, possibly saving his life.

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* [[Sexless Marriage]]: The marriage between Brick and Maggie became this.

* [[Stocking Filler]]: Maggie is shown changing her stockings at the beginning of the film.

* [[Streetwalker]]: When Big Daddy talks about his travels to other countries to Brick, he mentions that once in Morocco, a child prostitute so young she could barely ''walk'' tried to open his fly. He was so grossed out that he left the country ~~instanty~~.

* [[Streetwalker]]: When Big Daddy talks about his travels to other countries to Brick, he mentions that once in Morocco, a child prostitute so young she could barely ''walk'' tried to open his fly. He was so grossed out that he left the country instantly.

* [[Title Drop]]: Maggie uses the title to describe her life.

* [[The Un-Hug]]: In the 1958 film, Maggie hugs Brick at one point. Brick instinctively raises his arms to hug her back... then lets them down and tells Maggie to let go.