I really enjoyed watching Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. After class on Thursday I went and rented the movie and watched it after we had watched the first part in class. I loved how we were able to watch the first scene and follow along in the original script and see how Hollywood changed certain things. It was very interesting to think about what their motives may be to changing those things and what they did change. Even from the beginning they added the scene of Brick out by the football field drunk and trying to hop over the hurdles, the producer changes the way the story begins. Through out the movie this continues to occur. The play is altered many different times in order to make it a “Hollywood” film. The entire plot about Brick and Skippers relationship is altered to make the movie more audience friendly during that time period. Bricks drinking problem becomes about Skipper and Maggie’s relationship and not Brick and Skippers personal relationship. Their relationship is viewed more as just friends in the movie where in the play it is implied that it was more than just friendship.
Other times in the movie entire parts were just cut out, such as the scene where Big Daddy confronts Brick about his homosexuality and even says that he understands. Entire scenes were also added in the movie, such as the cellar scene. Overall I found this comparison between the movie and the play script to be very interesting. It really made me want to follow along and figure out what is different and what was changed. It made me think about why Hollywood would do that. What was going on during that time period to make the producer need or want to do that?
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