Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
July 26th, 2007
Initial thought: “It’s by Tennessee Williams! This should be interesting…”
Thought after reading the book: “Wow, humans can be so depraved and desperate.”
I closed this book/play with a sigh and stared at the wall for a few moments, trying to digest all that I had just read. This is not a “happy” play in any sense of the word. It has unhappy, unfulfilled wives…lying, depressed husbands (or just plain proud husbands – and abusive)…bratty kids that you just want to smack…and a sense of desperateness from all involved. All of the characters, even the children, seemed to say, “Look at me – aren’t I important to you?” in their own ways, but the ways they chose were terrible and hurtful at best.
Misery loves company. People will fight for what they want at the expense of others. Charm is definitely deceitful.
Thank God He sent Someone into the world to show us that this is not the way to live – that there’s a better way – Him.