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* [[The Disease That Shall Not Be Named]]: Big Daddy has <s>cancer</s> a spastic colon. |
* [[The Disease That Shall Not Be Named]]: Big Daddy has <s>cancer</s> a spastic colon. |
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* [[Disowned Adaptation]]: The 1958 film. Tennessee Williams allegedly would tell people in the queue to go home. |
* [[Disowned Adaptation]]: The 1958 film. Tennessee Williams allegedly would tell people in the queue to go home. |
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* [[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. |
* [[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. |
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* [[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 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. |
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* [[Driven to Suicide]]: Skipper |
* [[Driven to Suicide]]: Skipper |
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* [[Stocking Filler]]: Maggie is shown changing her stockings at the beginning of the film. |
* [[Stocking Filler]]: Maggie is shown changing her stockings at the beginning of the film. |
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* [[Title Drop]]: Maggie uses the title to describe her life. |
* [[Title Drop]]: Maggie uses the title to describe her life. |
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* [[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. |
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* [[Unnamed Parent]]: Big Daddy. |
* [[Unnamed Parent]]: Big Daddy. |
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* [[Unusual Euphemism]]: For example "Frig Mae and Gooper, frig all dirty lies and liars!" |
* [[Unusual Euphemism]]: For example "Frig Mae and Gooper, frig all dirty lies and liars!" |