After discussing in class the conversation between Brick and Big Daddy in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" several interpretations of the characters relations were mentioned. First was the relationship between Brick and Skipper, which in the play plays up the homosexualism of Brick and Skipper. The play doesn't exactly state whether their is a homosexual relationship, but Brick becomes very defensive when Big Daddy tries to ask whether he is. Because he becomes defensive their is reason to believe that their was a relationship between them, but Tennessee Williams leaves this end open. Therefore, another interpretation of their relationship is that they were extremely close friends, and "loved" each other like family. Speaking of family, during this confrontation we see different sides of Big Daddy. We actually see a conversation between a father and a son, with emotions involved which we haven't seen from either of them thus far. Also Big Daddy is sort of consoling Brick if they were lovers, and even goes so far as to maybe mention that he himself consorted that way back in his younger years. This is far from the tough, powerful, hard working Big Daddy before. I like the fact that Tennessee Williams has added this new dimension to character relationships. The interpretations can sort of go whichever way you want them to, but Tennessee Williams makes you think of something other than the inheritance and the relationship between Maggie and the other family members. Depth is added to the plot. In the movie, however, this confrontation is not shown and the Skipper/Brick relationship barely mentioned. The attention is then placed mostly on Maggie and Brick, which makes sense when Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman are the stars playing those roles.