A review by artytytyty
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

When something is festering in your memory or your imagination, laws of silence don't work, it's just like shut- ting a door and locking it on a house on fire in hope of for- getting that the house is burning. But not facing a fire doesn't put it out. Silence about a thing just magnifies it. It grows and festers in silence, becomes malignant. ...

Read this at a play-reading meeting, and it was a craaaazy experience. This was my second Tennessee Williams play and even though his flawed philosophies infiltrate his work, he is great at writing a solid conflict and great dialogue.
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